Frege
Frege refers to Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), the German philosopher and mathematician widely considered the founder of modern logic and analytic philosophy.
His work on predicate logic, the philosophy of language, and the foundations of mathematics remains foundational: Frege's distinction between sense and reference transformed semantics.
In academic contexts, Frege often appears as shorthand for his ideas: a Fregean approach to meaning.
Sentence's non-subject portion
- quantifierWord expressing amount
- sensePerception or judgment
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- conceptAbstract mental construct
object · function · truth-value · propositional · inference · deduction · validity · axiom
Study of linguistic meaning
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- meaningWhat something signifies
- predicationAttributing property to subject
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
Examining by decomposition
- PlatonismPhilosophy emphasizing ideal Forms
- realismAccepting things as they are
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
epistemology · Russell · Wittgenstein · foundations · thought · judgment · assertion · idealism
Mathematics of basic operations
- numberSymbol representing quantity
- definitionStatement of meaning
- proofDemonstration of truth
- extensionAdded part or duration
class · successor · infinity · foundations
predicate
Sentence's non-subject portion
- quantifierWord expressing amount
- sensePerception or judgment
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
concept · object · function · truth-value · propositional · inference · deduction · validity · axiom · formalism
semantics
Study of linguistic meaning
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- meaningWhat something signifies
- predicationAttributing property to subject
analytic
Examining by decomposition
- PlatonismPhilosophy emphasizing ideal Forms
- realismAccepting things as they are
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
ontology · epistemology · Russell · Wittgenstein · foundations · thought · judgment · assertion · idealism
arithmetic
Mathematics of basic operations
- numberSymbol representing quantity
- definitionStatement of meaning
- proofDemonstration of truth
extension · class · successor · infinity · foundations
- logicpremise, premises, conclusion, conclusions, inference
- MathematiciansEuclid, Gauss, Euler, Archimedes, Pythagoras
- Modern PhilosophySartre, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Russell, Nietzsche
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
- philosophersAristotle, Plato, Socrates, Kant, Descartes
FregeHeidegger
Existential ontology's founder
Nietzsche · Sartre · Kierkegaard · Derrida · Foucault
FregeWittgenstein
Philosopher of language limits
intuitionism · formalism · constructivism · Bishop · Mill