 Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Michael Dummett |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Gottlob Frege |
| Publisher | Duckworth Overlook |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 752 (1993 Harvard University Press edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0674319318 |
Frege: Philosophy of Language (1973; second edition 1981) is a book about the philosopher Gottlob Frege by the British philosopher Michael Dummett. [1]
Frege: Philosophy of Language has been highly influential. Together with Frege: Philosophy of Mathematics (1991), it is Dummett's chief contribution to Frege scholarship. [2] However, Dummett's epistemological interpretation of the idea of a route to reference has been seen as unnecessary by the philosopher Daniel Dennett. The philosopher Roger Scruton endorsed Dennett's view. [3]
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