Frege's Conception of Logic
Truth, the True, and Assertion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20142575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Junyeol Kim (0000-0002-9802-8815, Department of Philosophy Chungbuk National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1397-1417 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12345 |
| OpenAlex | W3196406836 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Gottlob Frege takes logic to be the science of truth throughout his career. However, the mature Frege makes remarks which seem to go against the idea that logic is the science of truth. This paper shows that we can explain away this tension in the mature Frege's conception of logic if we accept that truth is an object, that is, the truth‐vale True qua the reference of a sentence, for Frege. Even though the main thesis of this paper is a conditional, I provide reasons why we ought to consider the possibility seriously that truth is an object for Frege. I also explain how we can make sense of Frege's conception of logic as the science of truth while accepting truth is an object
Assertion · Atomic sentence · Autoepistemic logic · Coherence theory of truth · Computational logic · Description logic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Logical truth · Multimodal logic · Object (grammar) · Philosophical logic · Pragmatic theory of truth · Programming language · Sentence · Tautology (logic) · Term logic · Truth condition · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |