Saying something about a concept: Frege on statements of number. (English) Zbl 1512.03010
Summary: The paper gives a historically informed reconstruction of Frege’s view of statements of number. The reconstruction supports Frege’s claim that a statement can be ‘about a concept’ although it does not contain a singular term referring to the concept. Hence, Frege’s philosophy of number is not subject to the problems Frege sees for singular reference to concepts.
MSC:
| 03-03 | History of mathematical logic and foundations |
| 03A05 | Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations |
| 01A55 | History of mathematics in the 19th century |
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