Frege's Logic

Danielle Macbeth

Published by Harvard University Press 2005

Frege's Logic

Danielle Macbeth

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040397

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Frege’s 1879 Begriffsschrift presented the first truly modern logic in a symbolic language, Begriffsschrift, or concept-script. The first full-length study of this language, offers a new reading of Frege’s logic based directly on Frege's own two-dimensional notation and his various writings about logic.

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Macbeth's careful attention to the continuous development of Frege's thought, and the several successive changes in his understanding of his notation, should suffice to exorcise the phantom two-period Frege of other exegetes. The clear and concise prose style is also in refreshing contrast to the not infrequent obscurity and still more frequent longueurs of some of the other literature in this area.
-- John P. Burgess, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University

This is an excellent book, well-conceived, nicely organized and beautifully written. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in Frege's logic and the history of analytic philosophy. More specifically, it can be recommended to undergraduates who have done a first course in logic and philosophical logic/philosophy of language, and to postgraduates interested in, and all those responsible for teaching, Frege's logic and early analytic philosophy. The book was a delight to read, lucid and instructive, with many insights into complex issues formulated with clarity and precision.
-- Michael Beaney, Professor of Philosophy, The Open University

This is an engaging, controversial, and refreshingly well-written book about Frege's logic...Danielle Macbeth explains Frege's complicated two-dimensional logical notation more patiently, accurately, and with a greater variety of examples than I have previously seen.
-- Dale Jacquette Canadian Journal of Philosophy

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Starting Point Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
2. Logical Generality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. A More Sophisticated Instrument Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
4. The Work Brought to Maturity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
5. Courses of Values and Basic Law V Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
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Abbreviations for Works Gottlob Frege Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 218

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Published: July 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780674040397