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Philosophical

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PREFACE

ONE a im o f this 4ol5me is to ma6e a4ailable to English

rea+ers Frege7s mere important logical essa8s% 9hich ha4e

long been b5rie+ in 4ario5s German perio+icals 1mostl8 no9

+ef5nct20 Besi+es these 9e ha4e gi4en certain e:tracts from

his Grundgesete der !rithmetic, these can be 5n+erstoo+ in

the light of the essa8s% 9itho5t the rea+er7s nee+ing to follo9

the chain of +e+5ction in the Grundgesete"

&pecial attention sho5l+ be pai+ to Frege7s +isc5ssion of

R5ssell7s para+o: in the appen+i: to ;ol0 ii of the

Grundgesete" It is +iscre+itable that logical 9or6s sho5l+

repeat the legen+ of Frege7s aban+oning his researches in

+espair 9hen face+ 9ith the para+o:< in fact he in+icates a

line of sol5tion% 9hich others might 9ell ha4e follo9e+ o5t

farther0

 The a5thorship of the 4ario5s 4ersions is state+ in the

table of contents0 All 4ersions ha4e been re4ise+ 9ith a 4ie9

to 5niform ren+ering of Frege7s special terms< a glossar8 of

these terms is s5pplie+0

Footnote =ags s5ch as A%B% relate to translators7 footnotes<

other footnotes are Frege7s o9n0

Ac6no9le+gments are +5e to the e+itors of #ind an+ thePhilosophical $evie%, for permission to 5se 4ersions >rst

p5blishe+ there0 Ac6no9le+gment is also +5e for 5se of the

translations ma+e from ;ol0 i of the Grundgesete b8 P0 E0 B0

 ?o5r+ain an+ ?0 &tachelroth 19hich 9ere >rst p5blishe+ in the

#onist, ,(,-@,2% to the o9ners of the cop8right% 9hom it

has 5nfort5natel8 pro4e+ impossible to trace0 Professor R8le

an+ #or+ R5ssell ha4e been most helpf5l b8 len+ing 9or6s of

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the 9hole translation an+ gi4e 5s his a+4ice0 A ne9 footnote

on p0 . refers to recent 9or6 on Frege7s Wa8 '5t70

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