Analytic Tradition
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Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege
- 1848 - 1925
- A German mathematician, logician, and philosopher who worked at the University of Jena.
- Founded Analytic Tradition in the late 19th century.
- He essentially reconceived the discipline of Logic by constructing a formal system which, in effect, constitued the first 'predicate calculus'.
Definition
- also called linguistic philosophy.
- a related set of approaches to philosophical problems.
- Philosophy should apply logical techniques to attain conceptual clarity.