Frege: A Critical Introduction

This new book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction toFrege's remarkable philosophical work, examining the main areas ofhis writings and demonstrating the connections between them.

Frege's main contribution to philosophy spans philosophical logic, the theory of meaning, mathematical logic and the philosophy ofmathematics. The book clearly explains and assesses Frege's work inthese areas, systematically examining his major concepts, andrevealing the links between them. The emphasis is on Frege's highlyinfluential work in philosophical logic and the theory of meaning, including the features of his logic, his conceptions of object, concept and function, and his seminal distinction between sense andreference.

Frege will be invaluable for students of the philosophy oflanguage, philosophical logic, and analytic philosophy.