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The ideas of the German philosopher and mathematician Gottlob Frege lie at the root of the analytic movement in philosophy; Michael Dummett is his leading modern critical interpreter and one of today's most eminent philosophers. This volume collects together fifteen of Dummett's classic essays on Frege and related subjects.

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`This collection will be of interest primarily to Frege scholars and to historians of analytic philosophy, as a supplement to Dummett's longer works on Frege. Philosophers investigating the nature of thought and its relationship to language will also be interested.' International Philosophical Quarterly, Dec 1993.' `Writing with a customary combination of boldness and scrupulousness, Dummett brings some of the most important issues in analytic philosophy into sharp focus ... he provides a fascinating insight into what gives analytic philosophy its elan vital. Here he is at his powerful, incisive best' AW Moore, Times Literary Supplement 'a philosophically rich and challenging collection ... Highly recommended for advanced undergraduates and above.' W. Taschek, University of Michigan, Choice, Nov '91 'a writer who shows himself, in this volume, to be a skilled and sensitive historian of philosophy, as well as an analytical philosopher of distinction ... each of these papers requires and repays close reading' Gregory Currie, The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 168 'Dummett's writings are thought-provoking and it is useful to have these essays collected' Peter Milne, University of Edinburgh, Heythrop Journal, July 1994 `I find his collection very useful. It contains lucid analyses, challenges reflection, and sheds light on Frege's intellectual relations to other philosophers. As a result, it helps us to gain a deeper understanding of his philosophy.' History and Philosophy of Logic

`This collection will be of interest primarily to Frege scholars and to historians of analytic philosophy, as a supplement to Dummett's longer works on Frege. Philosophers investigating the nature of thought and its relationship to language will also be interested.' International Philosophical Quarterly, Dec 1993.' `Writing with a customary combination of boldness and scrupulousness, Dummett brings some of the most important issues in analytic philosophy into sharp focus ... he provides a fascinating insight into what gives analytic philosophy its elan vital. Here he is at his powerful, incisive best' AW Moore, Times Literary Supplement 'a philosophically rich and challenging collection ... Highly recommended for advanced undergraduates and above.' W. Taschek, University of Michigan, Choice, Nov '91 'a writer who shows himself, in this volume, to be a skilled and sensitive historian of philosophy, as well as an analytical philosopher of distinction ... each of these papers requires and repays close reading' Gregory Currie, The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 168 'Dummett's writings are thought-provoking and it is useful to have these essays collected' Peter Milne, University of Edinburgh, Heythrop Journal, July 1994 `I find his collection very useful. It contains lucid analyses, challenges reflection, and sheds light on Frege's intellectual relations to other philosophers. As a result, it helps us to gain a deeper understanding of his philosophy.' History and Philosophy of Logic

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