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Book SynopsisThis collection of papers by Eva Picardi (1948-2017), one of the most influential Italian philosophers of her generation, examines the work of Gottlob Frege. Picardi combines theoretical and historical considerations to bring out the significance of his work for contemporary philosophy of language.
Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Annalisa Coliva Part I: Frege in Context--Logic and Psychology 1: The Logic of Frege's Contemporaries 2: Kerry and Frege on Concept and Object 3: Sigwart, Husserl, and Frege on Truth and Logic, or Is Psychologism Still a Threat? 4: Frege's Anti-Psychologism 5: Frege, Peano, and Russell on the Primitive Ideas of Logic Part II: Frege's Philosophy of Language 6: Über Sinn und Bedeutung: An Elementary Exposition 7: The Chemistry of Concepts 8: Assertion and Assertion Sign 9: A Note on Dummett and Frege on Sense-Identity 10: Michael Dummett's Interpretation of Frege's Context Principle: Some Reflections Part III: Frege s Legacy 11: Carnap Interpreter of Frege 12: Frege and Davidson on Predication 13: Davidson and Frege on the Unity of the Proposition: Some Remarks 14: Was Frege a Proto-Inferentialist?
