Concept Script

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Concept Script is Gottlob Frege’s groundbreaking 1879 logical notation system that introduced a formal language for pure thought and laid the foundations of modern predicate logic.

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instanceOf formal language ⓘ
logical notation system ⓘ
work of logic ⓘ
aimedAt making logical inferences explicit ⓘ
providing a calculus for reasoning ⓘ
author Gottlob Frege ⓘ
contributedTo foundations of analytic philosophy ⓘ
foundations of modern predicate logic ⓘ
creator Gottlob Frege ⓘ
employsConcept function–argument analysis of propositions ⓘ
field logic ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
philosophy of logic ⓘ
focusesOn pure thought ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Begriffsschrift ⓘ
hasFullTitle Begriffsschrift, eine der arithmetischen nachgebildete Formelsprache des reinen Denkens ⓘ
hasKeyIdea explicit representation of inference rules ⓘ
logic as a formal calculus ⓘ
separation of logical form from content ⓘ
hasLogicalSystemType second-order logic ⓘ
hasNotationStyle two-dimensional formula notation ⓘ
historicalSignificance first fully formal system of predicate logic ⓘ
milestone in the development of symbolic logic ⓘ
influenced Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ
Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Principia Mathematica ⓘ
modern symbolic logic ⓘ
introduced formal language for pure thought ⓘ
modern predicate logic framework ⓘ
quantificational notation ⓘ
isFoundationFor Fregean logic ⓘ
linked to: Fregean semantics

classical first-order predicate logic (conceptually) ⓘ
modeledOn arithmetical formula language ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
originalTitle Begriffsschrift ⓘ
precedes Grundgesetze der Arithmetik ⓘ
publicationCountry Germany ⓘ
publicationYear 1879 ⓘ
publisherLocation Halle ⓘ
linked to: Halle (Saale)
rejected traditional subject–predicate analysis of propositions ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
translatedTitle Concept Script, a formula language of pure thought modelled on that of arithmetic ⓘ
usesNotationFor functions and arguments ⓘ
identity ⓘ
logical connectives ⓘ
quantifiers ⓘ

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