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Begriffsschrift

Begriffsschrift
Gottlob Frege Original title Begriffsschrift (German, 1879)

Begriffsschrift is a book on logic by Gottlob Frege, published in 1879, and the formal system set out in that book.

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“If the task of philosophy is to break the domination of words over the human mind […], then my concept notation, being developed for these purposes, can be a useful instrument for philosophers […] I believe the cause of logic has been advanced already by the invention of this concept notation.”

Gottlob Frege book Begriffsschrift

Begriffsschrift (1879) Preface to the Begriffsschrift

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