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The Philosophy of Frege

This series delves into the profound intellectual contributions of a pivotal figure in logic and mathematics. It meticulously explores his seminal ideas concerning sense and reference, and his groundbreaking work on the foundations of arithmetic. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of his logical analysis and philosophical arguments. This collection is an essential resource for anyone interested in the philosophy of language and logic.

Meaning and ontology in Frege's philosophy
Sense and reference in Frege's philosophy
Logic and foundations of mathematics in Frege's philosophy
General assessments and historical accounts of Frege's philosophy

Recommended Reading Order

  1.  General Introduction Volume Introduction Frege - P. T. Geach  Peano and the Recognition of Frege - Peter Nidditch  Frege's Philosophy - Michael Dummett  Logic as Calculus and Logic as Language - Jean van Heijenoort  Sense and Essence: Frege and Husserl - Robert C. Solomon  On the Life and Work of Gottlob Frege - Terrell Ward Bynum  Husserl and Frege: A New Look at their Relationship - J. N. Mohanty  Was Frege a Linguistic Philosopher? - Gregory Currie  From Boole to Frege - Victor H. Dudman  Frege as a Rationalist - Hans D. Sluga  Frege's Epistemology - Philip Kitcher  Frege and Analytic Philosophy: Facts and Speculations - Michael D. Resnik  Frege: The Early Years - Hans Sluga  Prophetic Glimmerings: The New Pythagorean - G. P. Baker, P. M. S. Hacker  In Search of the Actual Historical Frege - J. N. Mohanty  Putting Frege in Perspective - Joan Weiner  Frege Against the Booleans - Hans Sluga  Acknowledgments

    General assessments and historical accounts of Frege's philosophy
  2.  General Introduction Volume Introduction Frege's Sinn and Bedeutung - Paul Wienpahl  On Sinn as a Combination of Physical Properties - Richard Rudner  Sense and Reference: A Reply - Willaim Marshall  Russell's Objections to Frege's Theory of Sense and Reference - John R. Searle  Hesperus and Phosphorus - Leonard Linsky  Frege on Sense-Functions - Howard Jackson  On the Frege-Church Theory of Meaning - R. M. Martin  Sense and Reference - Leonard Linsky  A Note on Frege on Sense - Victor H. Dudman  The Meaning of "Bedeutung" in Frege - Ernst Tugendhat  Frege's Problem of the Morning Star and the Evening Star - David Wiggins  Bedeutung for Predicates - Victor H. Dudman  On the Determination of Reference by Sense - David S. Shwayder  Sense and Sense Data - Howard Jackson, Malcolm Acock  Frege on Demonstratives - John Perry  Frege's Distinction between Sense and Reference - Michael Dummett  Frege - Gareth Evans  Fregean Connection: Bedeutung, Value and Truth-Value - Gottfried Gabriel  The Sense of a Name - Michael Luntley  De Re Senses - John McDowell  The Sense and Reference of Predicates: A Running Repair to Frege's Doctrine and a Plea for the Copula - David Wiggins  Reference and Sense: An Epitome - David Bell  Cognitive Significance without Cognitive Content - Howard Wettstein  Acknowledgments

    Sense and reference in Frege's philosophy
  3.  General Introduction Volume Introduction Two Ways of Ontology in Modern Logic - John Myhill  Frege's Hidden Nominalism - Gustav Bergmann  A Paradox in Frege's Semantics - Milton Fisk  On Proper Names and Frege's Darstellungsweise - R. M. Martin  The Context Principle in Frege's Philosophy - Michael David Resnik  Two Types of Denotation - Montgomery Furth  Frege as a Realist - Michael Dummett  Frege's Context Principle Revisited - Michael D. Resnik  Frege's Alleged Realism - Hans D. Sluga  Truth - Michael Dummett  Frege as Idealist and then Realist - Michael D. Resnik  Frege on Thoughts - Gregory Currie  Objectivity and Reality in Lotze and Frege - Michael Dummett  Eternal Thoughts - Peter Carruthers  Fregean Thoughts - Harold Noonan  Frege's Context Principle - Leila Haaparanta  Frege and Vagueness - J. van Heijenoort  Objectivity and Objecthood: Frege's Metaphysics of Judgment - Thomas G. Ricketts  Frege on Truth - Tyler Burge  Thoughts - David Bell  Acknowledgments

    Meaning and ontology in Frege's philosophy