Article ID: CBB001210971

On Translating Frege's Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik (2010)

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Schirn, Matthias (Author)


History and Philosophy of Logic
Volume: 31, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 47-72
Publication date: 2010
Language: English


In this essay, I critically discuss Dale Jacquette's new English translation of Frege's work Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik as well as his Introduction and Critical Commentary (Frege, G. 2007. The Foundations of Arithmetic. A Logical-Mathematical Investigation into the Concept of Number. Translated with an Introduction and Critical Commentary by Dale Jacquette. New York: Longman. xxxii + 112 pp.). I begin with a short assessment of Frege's book. In sections 2 and 3, I examine several claims that Jacquette makes in his Introduction and Critical Commentary and put matters in the right perspective. In sections 4--7, I analyse errors and shortcomings in Jacquette's (and Austin's) translation(s) and show how they can be avoided. In this context, I consider several issues of interest for Frege's logic and philosophy of arithmetic. I conclude with general remarks.

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Authors & Contributors
Angelelli, Ignacio A.
Eder, Günther
Frege, Gottlob
Goldfarb, Warren
Gordin, Michael D.
Heijenoort, Jean van
Journals
History and Philosophy of Logic
Synthese
Logica Universalis
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Publishers
Princeton University
Cambridge University Press
Birkhäuser Basel
Harvard University Press
Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin
Vittorio Klostermann
Concepts
Logic
Philosophy of mathematics
Mathematics
Philosophy
Geometry
Number theory; number concept
People
Frege, Gottlob
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William
Boole, George
Carnap, Rudolf
Dedekind, Richard
Fraenkel, Gottfied Samuel
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Europe
Germany
Italy
North America
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