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Frege on “Begriffsschrift” and Leibniz

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Here is an interesting quotation from Frege that I hope to return to soon. Jean van Heijenoort uses it as evidence of Frege’s dissatisfaction with the term ‘Begriffsschrift’. “I do not start from concepts in order to build up thoughts … Continue reading →

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Of Alterations: Leibniz, Frege, Wittgenstein

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

“The cottage fades before his sight, The garden and its lovely charms; The guests are scattered through the land —For the eye altering, alters all—; The senses roll themselves in fear, And the flat earth becomes a ball.” ~William Blake … Continue reading →

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On the Universality of Language

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

My recent interest in Leibniz has been influenced by a question concerning Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. This might sound odd. I promise it isn’t. You see, Leibniz had this crazy idea about language. He noted around 1677 that there was a … Continue reading →

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