Frege and the Fundamental Abstraction

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Abstract

According to Charles Travis, Frege's principle to "always to sharply separate the psychological from the logical, the subjective from the objective"involves a move called "the fundamental abstraction."I try to explain what this abstraction is and why it is interesting. I then raise a problem for it, and describe what I think is a better way to understand Frege's principle.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCanadian Journal of Philosophy
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2024

Keywords

  • Abstraction
  • Frege
  • Logic
  • Metaphysics
  • Psychology
  • Travis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Philosophy

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