On the Objectivity of Number and the Anti-psychologism in G. Frege

Authors

  • Santiago Arango Universidad del Valle

Keywords:

Frege, epistemology, arithmetic, logic, psychologism

Abstract

Some classical interpretations of Gottlob Frege’s philosophy suggest that he inaugurates the logical analysis of language exclusively in search of a theory of meaning. But his leading place in philosophy is due to much more than that. Frege was a logician and a mathematician worried not only about issues about the language of logic but also about the nature of arithmetic. The present paper aims to expose part of the epistemological concerns of the Wismar philosopher, concentrating on the rejection of psychologism. The Fregean anti-psychologism is a fundamental issue of the three initials Frege’s works. In those works Frege establishes the first criterion which allows him to determinate what is typical of the study of objectivity of sciences. This criterion is exposed sufficiently in the Foundations of Arithmetic with the distinction between logic and psychology. So, we will consider two parts: 1) the conception of number as an objective entity; and 2) the criticism against the Millian and Kantian conceptions of arithmetic

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Published

2015-04-26

How to Cite

Arango, S. . (2015). On the Objectivity of Number and the Anti-psychologism in G. Frege. Versiones. Philosophy’s Journal, 1(5), 88–98. Retrieved from https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/versiones/article/view/22522