The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number - Softcover

Frege, Gottlob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631126945 ISBN 13: 9780631126942

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1980

Synopsis

A philosophical discussion of the concept of number

In the book, The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number, Gottlob Frege explains the central notions of his philosophy and analyzes the perspectives of predecessors and contemporaries. The book is the first philosophically relevant discussion of the concept of number in Western civilization. The work went on to significantly influence philosophy and mathematics. Frege was a German mathematician and philosopher who published the text in 1884, which seeks to define the concept of a number. It was later translated into English. This is the revised second edition.

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Review

"It will be welcomed by all who are interested in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics . . . Frege's style of exposition is a model for all who think and write about abstract topics." --"Mind"

About the Author

Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (8 November 1848 - 26 July 1925) was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern logic and made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics. He is generally considered to be the father of analytic philosophy, for his writings on the philosophy of language and mathematics. While he was mainly ignored by the intellectual world when he published his writings, Giuseppe Peano (1858-1932) and Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) introduced his work to later generations of logicians and philosophers.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631126945
• ISBN 13: 9780631126942
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 119