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The chimera of logicism: Husserl's criticism of FregeIn Andrea Sereni & Francesca Boccuni (eds.), Origins and Varieties of Logicism. A Foundational Journey in the Philosophy of Mathematics., . pp. 197-214. 2021.The paper discusses Husserl’s criticism of Frege in Philosophy of Arithmetic (1891) and then his later attitude towards logicism as expressed in Logical Investigations (1900-01). In Philosophy of Arithmetic Husserl holds that logicists offer needless and artificial definitions of notions such as equivalence and number. Frege criticized Husserl’s approach in Philosophy of Arithmetic as psychological, thus shifting the focus of the debate away from logicism. However, Frege’s criticism could be see…Read more
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20th Century Analytic Philosophy |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Philosophy of Mathematics |
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