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Vanessa Cervantes

GOTTLOB FREGE

• Education

• Works

• Accomplishments

• Family Life

• References

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Born November 8, 1848

• German logician, mathematician, and philosopher

• Retired in 1918

FRIEDRICH LUDWIG GOTTLOB FREGE

EDUCATION

• Spring 1869 he began his studies at the University of Jena

• Studied chemistry, mathematics, and philosophy

• Got Ph.D. in 1873

WORKS

• 1879 his first major work was published

• Presented new method of logical language

• 1884 published ”The foundations of Arithmetic”

• Volume 1, natural numbers and properties

• Volume 2 and 3, real numbers and demonstration of properties

WORKS

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.

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.

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.

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

REFERENCES

• Zalta, Edward N., "Gottlob Frege", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2011/entries/frege/>

• "Gottlob Frege" Kevin C. Klement http://www.iep.utm.edu/frege/