Frege: A Guide for the Perplexed
Frege: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Edward Kanterian

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-05-31

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1441116311

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Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) was one of the founders of analytical philosophy and the greatest innovator in logic since Aristotle. He introduced many influential philosophical ideas, such as the distinctions between function and argument, or between sense and reference. However, his thought is not readily accessible to the non- expert. His conception of logic, which was crucial to his grand project, the reduction of arithmetic to logic, is especially difficult to grasp. This book provides a lucid and critical introduction to Frege's logic, as he developed it in his groundbreaking first book Begriffsschrift (Conceptual Notation, 1879). It guides the reader directly to the core of Frege's philosophy, and to some of the most pertinent issues in contemporary philosophy of language, logic, mathematics, and mind. Unlike most other books, this commentary explains Frege's own logical notation, allowing students to study and appreciate those aspects of his work that he valued most but are least understood today.

Frege: A Guide for the Perplexed
Frege: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Edward Kanterian

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-05-10

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0826487645

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A guide to the thought and ideas of Gottlob Frege, one of the most important but also perplexing figures in the history of analytic philosophy.

Wittgenstein: A Guide for the Perplexed
Wittgenstein: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Mark Addis

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-04-24

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0826484964

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Presenting a commentary on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, this book offers guidance to reading Wittgenstein and a methodology for interpreting his works. It covers the entirety of Wittgenstein's career, examining the relationship between the early, middle and later periods of his philosophy.

Quine: A Guide for the Perplexed
Quine: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Gary Kemp

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-06-23

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780826484864

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Willard Van Orman Quine is one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century. This work offers an analysis of his writings and ideas in those areas of philosophy to which he contributed. It sets his work in its intellectual context, illuminating his connections to Russell, Carnap and logical positivism.

Frege
Frege

Author: Dale Jacquette

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-04-04

Total Pages: 683

ISBN-13: 0521863279

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A rich and informative biography of one of the most important and influential figures of analytic philosophy.

Frege Explained
Frege Explained

Author: Joan Weiner

Publisher: Open Court

Published: 2011-04-15

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0812697529

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What is the number one? How can we be sure that 2+2=4? These apparently ssimple questions have perplexed philosophers for thousands of years, but discussion of them was transformed by the German philosopher Gottlob Frege (1848-1925). Frege (pronounced Fray-guh)believed that arithmetic and all mathematics are derived from logic, and to prove this he developed a completely new approach to logic and numbers. Joan Weiner presents a very clear outline of Frege's life and ideas, showing how his thinking evolved through successive books and articles.

Frege on Thinking and Its Epistemic Significance
Frege on Thinking and Its Epistemic Significance

Author: Pieranna Garavaso

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2014-11-12

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 0739178393

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Pieranna Garavaso and Nicla Vassallo investigate Gottlob Frege's notion of thinking (das Denken) to provide a new analysis of a largely unexplored area of the philosopher's work. Confronting Frege's deeply seated and widely emphasized anti-psychologism, Frege on Thinking and Its Epistemic Significance claims that the objective human science that Frege proposed can only be possible through a nuanced notion of thinking as neither merely psychological nor merely logical. Focusing on what Frege says about thinking in many passages from his works, Garavaso and Vassallo argue that Frege was engaged with issues that are still alive in contemporary debates, such as the definition of knowledge and the necessary role of language in conceptual thinking and in the expression of thoughts. Frege on Thinking and Its Epistemic Significance is essential not only for those interested in a new and original reading of Frege’s philosophy, but also for anyone engaged in epistemology, logic, psychology, philosophy of language, and the history of analytic philosophy.

Frege: A Guide for the Perplexed
Frege: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Edward Kanterian

Publisher: Continuum

Published: 2012-08-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780826487643

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Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) was one of the founders of analytical philosophy and the greatest innovator in logic since Aristotle. He introduced many influential philosophical ideas, such as the distinctions between function and argument, or between sense and reference. However, his thought is not readily accessible to the non- expert. His conception of logic, which was crucial to his grand project, the reduction of arithmetic to logic, is especially difficult to grasp. This book provides a lucid and critical introduction to Frege's logic, as he developed it in his groundbreaking first book Begriffsschrift (Conceptual Notation, 1879). It guides the reader directly to the core of Frege's philosophy, and to some of the most pertinent issues in contemporary philosophy of language, logic, mathematics, and mind. Unlike most other books, this commentary explains Frege's own logical notation, allowing students to study and appreciate those aspects of his work that he valued most but are least understood today.

A Companion to Wittgenstein
A Companion to Wittgenstein

Author: Hans-Johann Glock

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-01-30

Total Pages: 805

ISBN-13: 1118641167

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A COMPANION TO WITTGENSTEIN The most comprehensive survey of Wittgenstein’s thought yet compiled, this volume of fifty newly commissioned essays by leading interpreters of his philosophy is a keynote addition to the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series. Full of penetrating insights into the life and work of the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, the collection explores the full range of Wittgenstein’s contribution to philosophy. It includes essays on his intellectual development, his work in logic and mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, and much else. As well as examining Wittgenstein’s contribution to human understanding in detail, the Companion features vital contextual analysis that traces the relationship between his ideas and those of other philosophers and schools of thought, including the Aristotelian and continental philosophical traditions. Authors also address prominent themes that remain current in today’s philosophical debates, explaining Wittgenstein’s continuing legacy alongside his historical significance. Essential reading for scholars of philosophy at all levels, A Companion to Wittgenstein combines engaging commentary with unrivaled academic authority.

Universal Science: An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics
Universal Science: An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics

Author: Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-04-03

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9004343113

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The Universal Science (ʿIlm-i kullī) by Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī, is a concise, but authoritative, outline of the fundamental discussions in Islamic metaphysics. For many years used as a textbook in Iran, this short text offers English readers a readily accessible, lucid, and yet deeply learned, guide through the Sadrian, Avicennan, and Illuminationist schools of thought, whilst also demonstrating how the ‘living tradition’ of Shīʿī philosophy engages with central ontological, epistemological, aetiological, and psychological questions. Discussions include the primacy of existence; the proper classifications of quiddity; and the manifold properties of causality and causal explanation. This is the first of the various influential works authored by this leading Shīʿah intellectual to have been translated into English from the original Persian.