Frege's Detour: An Essay on Meaning, Reference, and Truth

by John Perry

John Perry offers a rethinking of Gottlob Frege's seminal contributions to philosophy of language. Frege's innovations provided the basis of modern logic, but his influence in other areas should not be understated. For instance, the view that he developed in "On Sense and Reference", the most studied essay in the philosophy of language, dominated twentieth-century work in the field and continues to be very influential. Perry explains and charts the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198812825
• ISBN13: 9780198812821
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"