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Frege
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Frege (German) [ˈfreːgə]
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(Biographies / Frege, Gottlob (1848-1925) M, German, PHILOSOPHY: logician, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Gottlob. 1848-1925, German logician and philosopher, who laid the foundations of modern formal logic and semantics in his Begriffsschrift (1879)


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Gottlob Frege This is at once clear, if instead of "F(F(u))" we write "([there exists][phi]) : F([phi]u) x [phi]u = Fu".
To distinguish what is conveyed in the text of the Constitution from the Constitution's expected applications, I draw on a long tradition in the philosophy of language beginning most prominently with the great logician Gottlob Frege (44) and continuing to such contemporary philosophers as David Kaplan (45) and David Chalmers.
According to the contributors, Russell had already developed much of his work on descriptions and denoting, and had also carried out a lively debate and partnership with Gottlob Frege on similar issues, including the famous Russell's Paradox.
 
 
 
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