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Author:   Patricia A. Blanchette (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780199891610

ISBN 10:   0199891613
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   31 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 - Logicism and Conceptual Analysis 1.1 Introduction to Analysis and Proof 1.2 Analysis and Proof in 1879 1.2.1 Derivation, Proof and Definition 1.2.2 Conceptual Analysis 1.3 Analysis in 1881 1.4. Analysis in 1884 1.5 Grundgesetze 1.6. The General Picture Chapter 2 - Thoughts 2.1 Thoughts and Language 2.2 Sense and Reference 2.3 The Structure of Sense 2.4 Thoughts and Language Again 2.5 Where we are Chapter 3 - Thoughts and Sharp Boundaries 3.1 The Issue 3.2. The Texts 3.3 Piecemeal Definition and New Objects 3.4 Ordinary Discourse 3.5 Caesar 3.6 Quantification 3.7 Conclusion Chapter 4 - The Analysis of Arithmetic 4.1 - The Issue 4.2 Analysis as Thought-Preserving? 4.3 Reference-Preservation and Analysis 4.4 Dummett on What's Preserved 4.5 What's Preserved 4.5.i The Case of Directions 4.5.ii. Numbers 4.5.iii - Arithmetic 4.5.iv Alternative Reductions 4.6 Conclusions Chapter 5 - Analysis and Consistency: The Case of Geometry 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Frege-Hilbert 5.3 Hilbert's Method 5.4 Frege's Objections 5.5 Consistency and Concepts 5.6 Analysis and Consistency 5.7 The 1906 Passage 5.8 Ultimate Analyses? 5.9 Concluding Remarks Chapter 6 - Frege and Models 6.1 Models and Consistency 6.2 Models and Entailment 6.3 Implications 6.4 Summing Up Chapter 7 - Metatheory 7.1 Frege's Metatheory 7.2 Universalism and Metatheory 7.2.i - The Issue 7.2.ii - Internal Tensions 7.3 - Soundness, Completeness, and Consistency 7.4 Categoricity 7.5 Conclusion Chapter 8 - Conclusion Bibliography

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[I]t is an interesting, significant, and highly readable contribution to our understanding of central themes in Frege's corpus. Journal of the History of Philosophy given the wealth of insights and original contributions to our understanding of Freges logicist project that are contained in this book, let us hope that Blanchette continues to be at the forefront of this undertaking for a long time to come. Roy T. Cook, Philosophia Mathematica The book is very clearly written and argued, and we get helpful summaries at various points. Thus, the book not only sheds new light on Freges main project, but in addition, it offers some stimulating systematic thoughts regarding the prevailing standard views on logic. Wolfgang Kienzler, History and Philosophy of Logic

The book is very clearly written and argued, and we get helpful summaries at various points. Thus, the book not only sheds new light on Freges main project, but in addition, it offers some stimulating systematic thoughts regarding the prevailing standard views on logic. Wolfgang Kienzler, History and Philosophy of Logic

<br> This book is a valuable addition to the large literature on Frege and is warmly recommended to anyone interested in this great pioneer or his philosophy of mathematics. --Oystein Linnebo, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews<p><br>

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Patricia A. Blanchette is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame

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