The ideas of the German philosopher and mathematician Gottlob Frege lie at the root of the analytic movement in philosophy; Michael Dummett is his leading modern critical interpreter and an eminent philosopher. This volume collects together fifteen of Dummett's classic essays on Frege and related subjects.

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This volume collects classic essays by Dummett on Frege and related subjects.

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Frege on the consistency of mathematical theories; Frege and the paradox of analysis; On a question of Frege's about right-ordered groups (With S. A. Adeleke and P. M. Neumann); Frege's 'Kernsatze zur Logik'; Frege as a realist; Objectivity and reality in Lotze and Frege; Frege and Kant on geometry; An unsuccessful dig; Second thoughts; Which end of the telescope?; Frege and Wittgenstein; Frege's myth of the third realm; Thought and perception: the views of two philosophical innovators; More about thoughts; The relative priority of thought and language; Appendix: Writings on Frege by Michael Dummett; Index.