Logicism and the Philosophy of Language: Selections from Frege and Russell - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551114712 ISBN 13: 9781551114712

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2003

Synopsis

Logicism and the Philosophy of Language brings together the core works by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell on logic and language. In their separate efforts to clarify mathematics through the use of logic in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Frege and Russell both recognized the need for rigorous and systematic semantic analysis of language. It was their turn to this style of analysis that would establish the philosophy of language as an autonomous area of inquiry. This anthology gathers together these foundational writings, and frames them with an extensive historical introduction. This is a collection for anyone interested in questions about truth, meaning, reference, and logic, and in the application of formal analysis to these concepts.

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About the Author

Arthur Sullivan is presently a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellow, and a Visiting Scholar at New York University.

From the Back Cover

Logicism and the Philosophy of Language brings together the core works by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell on logic and language. In their separate efforts to clarify mathematics through the use of logic in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Frege and Russell both recognized the need for rigorous and systematic semantic analysis of language. It was their turn to this style of analysis that would establish the philosophy of language as an autonomous area of inquiry. This anthology gathers together these foundational writings, and frames them with an extensive historical introduction. This is a collection for anyone interested in questions about truth, meaning, reference, and logic, and in the application of formal analysis to these concepts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551114712
• ISBN 13: 9781551114712
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Arthur Sullivan