{"product_id":"reading-freges-grundgesetze-richard-g-heck-jr-9780199233700","title":"Reading Frege's Grundgesetze","description":"Gottlob Frege's \u003cem\u003eGrundgesetze der Arithmetik\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eBasic Laws of Arithmetic\u003c\/em\u003e, was intended to be his magnum opus, the book in which he would finally establish his logicist philosophy of arithmetic. But because of the disaster of Russell's Paradox, which undermined Frege's proofs, the more mathematical parts of the book have rarely been read. Richard G. Heck, Jr., aims to change that, and establish it as a neglected masterpiece that must be placed at the center of Frege's philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart I of \u003cem\u003eReading Frege's Grundgesetze\u003c\/em\u003e develops an interpretation of the philosophy of logic that informs \u003cem\u003eGrundgesetze\u003c\/em\u003e, paying especially close attention to the difficult sections of Frege's book in which he discusses his notorious 'Basic Law V' and attempts to secure its status as a law of logic. Part II examines the mathematical basis of Frege's logicism, explaining and exploring Frege's formal arguments. Heck argues that Frege himself knew that his proofs could be reconstructed so as to avoid Russell's Paradox, and presents Frege's arguments in a way that makes them available to a wide audience. He shows, by example, that careful attention to the structure of Frege's arguments, to what he proved, to how he proved it, and even to what he tried to prove but could not, has much to teach us about Frege's philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard G. Heck Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199233705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199233700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.37w x 0.91d","brand":"Richard G. Heck Jr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914256023807,"sku":"9780199233700","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f5cea78e-e751-4419-af8e-524f58ceaafe.jpg?v=1680641244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-freges-grundgesetze-richard-g-heck-jr-9780199233700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}