Frege: Philosophy of Language, Second Edition / Edition 2

by Michael Dummett

Overview

No one has figured more prominently in the study of German philosopher Gottlob Frege than Michael Dummett. This highly acclaimed book is a major contribution to the philosophy of language as well as a systematic interpretation of Frege, indisputably the father of analytic philosophy. Frege: Philosophy of Language remains indispensable for an understanding of contemporary philosophy. Harvard University Press is pleased to reissue this classic book in paperback.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674319318
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1993
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	752
Sales rank:	1,009,010
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Dummett was Wykeham Professor of Logic, Emeritus, at the University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

• Preface to the First Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Textual References
• Introduction
• Sense and Tone
• Quantifiers
• The Hierarchy of Levels
• Proper Names
• Sense and Reference
• Appendix: Note on an Attempted Refutation of Frege
• Some Theses of Frege’s on Sense and Reference
• The Reference of Incomplete Expressions
• The Incompleteness of Concepts and Functions
• Indirect Reference
• Assertion
• Thoughts
• Truth-value and Reference
• Appendix: Note on Many-valued Logics
• Can Truth be Defined?
• Abstract Objects
• Quantification
• Identity
• Original Sinn
• The Evolution of Frege’s Thought
• Frege’s Place in the History of Philosophy
• Bibliography
• Index

What People are Saying About This

Without question the most important philosophical book to have been published for at least a decade.

Anthony Quinton

Without question the most important philosophical book to have been published for at least a decade.

Editorial Reviews

Without question the most important philosophical book to have been published for at least a decade.

Anthony Quinton

A splendid achievement. Not only does it give an illuminating and in the main a systematic account of Frege’s views, but it displays many penetrating insights of the author’s own on the important and difficult problems which they raise. In its honesty, rigour and acumen it establishes Dummett as one of the outstanding philosophers of the present time.

Listener - A. J. Ayer

A remarkable book. There are very few books of over 700 pages of which it is clearly true that not a page has been wasted… Philosophy can never be quite the same again after this book.

Observer - Alasdair Maclntyre

Dummett’s book is not just a book about Frege: it is an important contribution to all the topics on which Frege wrote, and an invaluable commentary on the work of many contemporary philosophical logicians.

Guardian - Alan Ryan

A remarkable book. There are very few books of over 700 pages of which it is clearly true that not a page has been wasted... Philosophy can never be quite the same again after this book.--Alasdair Maclntyre "Observer"

A splendid achievement. Not only does it give an illuminating and in the main a systematic account of Frege's views, but it displays many penetrating insights of the author's own on the important and difficult problems which they raise. In its honesty, rigour and acumen it establishes Dummett as one of the outstanding philosophers of the present time.--A. J. Ayer "Listener"

Dummett's book is not just a book about Frege: it is an important contribution to all the topics on which Frege wrote, and an invaluable commentary on the work of many contemporary philosophical logicians.--Alan Ryan "Guardian"

Without question the most important philosophical book to have been published for at least a decade.--Anthony Quinton

From the Publisher

A remarkable book. There are very few books of over 700 pages of which it is clearly true that not a page has been wasted...Philosophy can never be quite the same again after this book.
— Alasdair Maclntyre

Observer

A splendid achievement. Not only does it give an illuminating and in the main a systematic account of Frege's views, but it displays many penetrating insights of the author's own on the important and difficult problems which they raise. In its honesty, rigour and acumen it establishes Dummett as one of the outstanding philosophers of the present time.
— A. J. Ayer

Listener

Dummett's book is not just a book about Frege: it is an important contribution to all thetopics on which Frege wrote, and an invaluable commentaryon the work of many contemporary philosophical logicians.
— Alan Ryan

Guardian