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Gottlob Frege

Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (/ˈfreɪɡə/; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: [ˈɡɔtloːp ˈfreːɡə]; 8 November 1848 – 26 July 1925) was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician.…

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Education
University of Göttingen (PhD, 1873) University of Jena (Dr. phil. hab., 1874)
Born
Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege 8 November 1848 Wismar, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation
Children
3
Died
26 July 1925(1925-07-26) (aged 76) Bad Kleinen, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Weimar Germany
Doctoral advisor
Ernst Christian Julius Schering (PhD advisor)
Era
19th-/20th-century philosophy

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Gottlob Frege → Analysis of concepts as a special kind of function, Analytic philosophy, Ancestral relation, Anti-psychologism, Basic law V, Concept and object, Concept horse paradox, Context principle, Currying, Descriptivist theory of names, Frege's principle, Frege's puzzles, Frege's theorem, Fregean analysis of definite descriptions, Frege–Church ontology, Frege–Geach problem, Frege–Russell logic, Hume's principle, Law of trichotomy, Logicism
related to Logic, foundation of arithmetic · 26
Gottlob Frege → Appendix, Arithmetic, Begriffsschrift, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Denkens, Formelsprache, Formula Language, From Frege, Gödel, Halle, Harvard, Harvard University Press, Heijenoort, In English, Louis Nebert, MA, Mathematical Logic, Mendelsohn, Modeled Upon That
Theses · 2
Gottlob Frege → Methods of Calculation based on an Extension of the Concept of Magnitude (1874), On a Geometrical Representation of Imaginary Forms in a Plane (1873)
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Gottlob Frege → Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege 8 November 1848 Wismar, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation
Children · 1
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Died · 1
Gottlob Frege → 26 July 1925(1925-07-26) (aged 76) Bad Kleinen, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Weimar Germany
Doctoral advisor · 1
Gottlob Frege → Ernst Christian Julius Schering (PhD advisor)

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Gottlob FregeBornFriedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege 8 November 1848 Wismar, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeChildren31.00infobox
Gottlob FregeDied26 July 1925(1925-07-26) (aged 76) Bad Kleinen, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Weimar Germany1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeDoctoral advisorErnst Christian Julius Schering (PhD advisor)1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeEducationUniversity of Göttingen (PhD, 1873) University of Jena (Dr. phil. hab., 1874)1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeEra19th-/20th-century philosophy1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeInstitutionsUniversity of Jena1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeMain interestsPhilosophy of mathematics, mathematical logic, philosophy of language1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasAnalytic philosophy1.00infobox
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Gottlob FregeNotable ideasAnti-psychologism1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasBasic law V1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasConcept and object1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasConcept horse paradox1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasContext principle1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasCurrying1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasDescriptivist theory of names1.00infobox
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Gottlob FregeNotable ideasFrege's puzzles1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasFrege's theorem1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasFregean analysis of definite descriptions1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasFrege–Church ontology1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasFrege–Geach problem1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasFrege–Russell logic1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasAnalysis of concepts as a special kind of function1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasLaw of trichotomy1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasLogicism1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasHume's principle1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasMediated reference theory1.00infobox
Gottlob FregeNotable ideasNaive set theory1.00infobox

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