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Gottlob Frege

Gottlob Frege. Jesus Beltran Vanessa Cervantes. Table of contents. Family Life References. Education Works Accomplishments. Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege. Born November 8, 1848 German logician, mathematician, and philosopher Retired in 1918. Education.

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Gottlob Frege

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  1. GottlobFrege Jesus Beltran Vanessa Cervantes

  2. Table of contents • Family Life • References • Education • Works • Accomplishments

  3. Friedrich Ludwig GottlobFrege • Born November 8, 1848 • German logician, mathematician, and philosopher • Retired in 1918

  4. Education • Spring 1869 he began his studies at the University of Jena • Studied chemistry, mathematics, and philosophy • Got Ph.D. in 1873

  5. works • 1879 his first major work was published • Presented new method of logical language • 1884 published ”The foundations of Arithmetic”

  6. Works • Volume 1, natural numbers and properties • Volume 2 and 3, real numbers and demonstration of properties

  7. accomplishments • Became a professor at the University of Jena • His work was often opposed by his contemporaries. • Became known as one of the most important logicians in history.

  8. Accomplishments cont. • Developed the theory of sense and denotation into a philosophy language • Showed that arithmetic could be reduced to second-order logic with Hume’s Principle.

  9. Family Life • A minimal amount is known of his family life • Married Margaret Lieseburg after the publication of Begriffsschrift. • Had at least two children that unfortunately passed away at a young age.

  10. Family Life cont. • Father: Karl Alexander Frege • Mother: Auguste (Bialloblotzsky) Frege • They both worked at a girls private school • Both of them were the principals

  11. References • Zalta, Edward N., "GottlobFrege", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2011/entries/frege/> • "GottlobFrege" Kevin C. Klement http://www.iep.utm.edu/frege/

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