Frege's Conception of Numbers as Objects

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:coreClaim Numbers are abstract, logical objects
Numbers are not linguistic entities
Numbers are not mental constructs
Numbers are not physical objects
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:neo-Fregeans
intuitionists
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Die_Grundlagen_der_Arithmetik
gptkbp:describedYear 1884
gptkbp:field gptkb:logic
gptkbp:goal Provide a logical foundation for arithmetic
gptkbp:hasConcept Numbers are objects, not properties or concepts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frege's Conception of Numbers as Objects
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Bertrand_Russell
gptkb:Ludwig_Wittgenstein
logicism
gptkbp:method Analysis of numerical statements
Definition of numbers via extensions of concepts
gptkbp:problemAddressed Epistemology of mathematics
Nature of numbers
Objectivity of arithmetic
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Gottlob_Frege
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:set_theory
gptkb:Hume's_Principle
logicism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Crispin_Wright
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5