The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-mathematical Enquiry Into the Concept of Number

The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-mathematical Enquiry Into the Concept of Number
ISBN-10
0631126945
ISBN-13
9780631126942
Category
Mathematics
Pages
146
Language
English
Published
1980
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Gottlob Frege

Description

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.

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