Mendelsohn R. The Philosophy of Gottlob Frege

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 248 p. — ISBN10: 0521836697; ISBN13: 978-0521836692This analysis of Frege's views on language metaphysics raised in On Sense Reference, (arguably one of the most important philosophical essays of the past hundred years) provides a thorough introduction to the function/argument analysis. It applies Frege's technique to the central notions of predication, identity, existence and truth, and Bertrand Russell's views throughout serve as a foil to Frege.Biography
Function and Argument
Sense and Reference
Frege’s Begriffsschrift Theory of Identity
Concept and Object
Names and Descriptions
Existence
Thought, Truth Value, and Assertion
Indirect Reference
Through the Quotation MarksAppendixesBegriffsschrift in Modern Notation: (1) to (51)
Appendix B. Begriffsschrift in Modern Notation: (52) to (68)