Chapter One. Introduction
Chapter Two. The Many Faces of Anti-Psychologism
Chapter Three. Frege’s Thinking
Chapter Four. Frege’s Epistemology
Chapter Five. Thinking and Language
Chapter Six. Conclusion
Pieranna Garavaso is professor of philosophy at the University of
Minnesota, Morris.
Nicla Vassallo is professor of philosophy at the University of
Genova.
Given the large literature on Frege, one might believe that it
would be impossible to say anything essentially new on the subject.
This book contradicts this belief.... This book is a welcome
addition to the literature on Frege. It fills the gap that most
secondary literature on Frege has left open by not paying close
enough attention to what Frege says about thinking. In this way it
shows that, despite the large literature on Frege, it is still
possible to say something essentially new on the subject.
*History and Philosophy of Logic*
In this short book, Pieranna Garavaso and Nicla Vassallo aim to
re-focus discussions of Frege toward two neglected aspects of his
work.... [T]he heart of Garavaso and Vassallo's book (Chapters 3-4)
identifies an important nest of topics which deserve further
historical and conceptual exploration, topics which are of deep
interest to those working in the history of analytic philosophy and
the history of post-Kantian philosophy of mental acts more
broadly.
*Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*
The book is essential not only for those interested in a new and
original reading of Frege's philosophy, but also for anyone engaged
in epistemology, logic, psychology, philosophy of language, and the
history of analytic philosophy.
*Zentralblatt MATH*
Pieranna Garavaso and Nicla Vassallo make the new and
surprising claim that Frege, despite his anti-psychologism,
developed a detailed theory of das Denken (thinking). The
authors support this claim by careful citation and analysis of
texts. They also criticize Dummett, arguing, quite
convincingly, that he overemphasized Frege’s stress on the
analysis of language and wrongly maintained that Frege
ignored epistemology.
*Donald Gillies, University College London*
In the literature on Frege, his remarks on thinking are often
neglected or misunderstood. This book discusses them in detail and
thereby helps complete our understanding of this philosopher.
*Mark Textor, King's College London*
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