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Presented a formal language for pure thought modeled on arithmetic, including a systematic notation for quantified logical inference.
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The record is Frege’s sole-author 1879 book. Later translations, Begriffsschrift’s subsequent reception and Frege’s later works on arithmetic and sense/reference remain separate.
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Gottlob Frege
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Frege: Begriffsschrift
Presented a formal language for pure thought modeled on arithmetic, including a systematic notation for quantified logical inference.
Scientific scope
The record is Frege’s sole-author 1879 book. Later translations, Begriffsschrift’s subsequent reception and Frege’s later works on arithmetic and sense/reference remain separate.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Gottlob Frege
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.