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A philosophical discussion of the concept of number

In the book, The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number, Gottlob Frege explains the central notions of his philosophy and analyzes the perspectives of predecessors and contemporaries. The book is the first philosophically relevant discussion of the concept of number in Western civilization. The work went on to significantly influence philosophy and mathematics. Frege was a German mathematician and philosopher who published the text in 1884, which seeks to define the concept of a number. It was later translated into English. This is the revised second edition.

Table of Contents
I. Views of certain writers on the nature of arithmetical propositions

II. Views of certain writers on the concept of Number

III. View on unity and one

IV. The concept of number

V. Conclusions

The Foundations of Arithmetic

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 30/10/1980
      ISBN13: 9780631126942, 978-0631126942
      ISBN10: 0631126945
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      Mathematics Philosophy of mathematics

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A philosophical discussion of the concept of number

      In the book, The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number, Gottlob Frege explains the central notions of his philosophy and analyzes the perspectives of predecessors and contemporaries. The book is the first philosophically relevant discussion of the concept of number in Western civilization. The work went on to significantly influence philosophy and mathematics. Frege was a German mathematician and philosopher who published the text in 1884, which seeks to define the concept of a number. It was later translated into English. This is the revised second edition.

      Table of Contents
      I. Views of certain writers on the nature of arithmetical propositions

      II. Views of certain writers on the concept of Number

      III. View on unity and one

      IV. The concept of number

      V. Conclusions

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