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Frege in Perspective (Paperback)
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Frege in Perspective (Paperback)
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Not only can the influence of Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) be found in
contemporary work in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, and the
philosophy of language, but his projects-and the very terminology
he employed in pursuing those projects-are still current in
contemporary philosophy. This is undoubtedly why it seems so
reasonable to assume that we can read Frege' s writings as if he
were one of us, speaking to our philosophical concerns in our
language. In Joan Weiner's view, however, Frege's words can be
accurately interpreted only if we set that assumption aside. Weiner
here offers a challenging new approach to the philosophy of this
central figure in analytic philosophy. Weiner finds in Frege's
corpus, from Begriffsschrift (1879) on, a unified project of
remarkable ambition to which each of the writings in that corpus
makes a distinct contribution-a project whose motivation she brings
to life through a careful reading of his Foundations of Arithmetic.
The Frege that Weiner brings into clear view is very different from
the familiar figure. Far from having originated one of the standard
positions on the nature of reference, Frege turns out not to have
had positive doctrines on anything like what contemporary
philosophers mean by "reference." Far from having served as a
standard-bearer for those who take the realists' side of
contemporary disputes with anti-realists, Frege turns out to have
had no stake in either side of the controversy. Through Weiner's
lens, Frege emerges as a thinker who has principled reasons for
challenging the very assumptions and motivations that animate
philosophers to dispute these doctrines. This lucidly written and
accessible book will generate controversy among all readers with an
interest in epistemology, philosophy of language, history of
philosophy, and the philosophy of mathematics.
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