Noonan Frege

A Critical Introduction
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7787-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Key Contemporary Thinkers

This new book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction toFrege's remarkable philosophical work, examining the main areas ofhis writings and demonstrating the connections between them.
Frege's main contribution to philosophy spans philosophicallogic, the theory of meaning, mathematical logic and the philosophyof mathematics. The book clearly explains and assesses Frege's workin these areas, systematically examining his major concepts, andrevealing the links between them. The emphasis is on Frege's highlyinfluential work in philosophical logic and the theory of meaning,including the features of his logic, his conceptions of object,concept and function, and his seminal distinction between sense andreference.
Frege will be invaluable for students of the philosophyof language, philosophical logic, and analytic philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Noonan, Harold W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowlegements.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Frege's Life and Work, Biography, TheOrigin and Development of Frege's Philosophy, Frege's Contributionsto Philosophy.
Chapter 2: Logic,The Purpose of Conceptional Notation, LogicBefore Frege, Fregean Logic.
Chapter 3: Number, Aims of the Foundations of Arithmetic,Rebuttal of Earlier Attempts, The Development of Frege's OwnPosition.
Chapter 4: Philosophical Logic, On Function and Concept, OnConcept and Object.
Chapter 5: Theory of Meaning, The Distinction between Senseand Reference, Indirect Reference, The Objectivity of Sense,Challenges to Sense.
Appendix.
Bibliography.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Harold Noonan is a well-known philosopher who has published numerous books and articles. His previous books include Objects and Identity and Personal Identity.