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THE CONVENIENCE OF THE TYPESETTER; NOTATION AND TYPOGRAPHY IN FREGE’S GRUNDGESETZE DER ARITHMETIK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2015

J. J. GREEN ,
MARCUS ROSSBERG  and
PHILIP A. EBERT
J. J. GREEN
Affiliation:
WANSTEAD, LONDON, UKE-mail:j.j.green@gmx.co.uk
MARCUS ROSSBERG
Affiliation:
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, USAE-mail:marcus.rossberg@uconn.edu
PHILIP A. EBERT
Affiliation:
DIVISION OF LAW AND PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING, SCOTLAND, UKE-mail:p.a.ebert@stir.ac.uk
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Abstract

We discuss the typography of the notation used by Gottlob Frege in his Grundgesetze der Arithmetik.

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03A0501A5503Bxx00A30Gottlob Fregelogicismlogicnotationtypography
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Bulletin of Symbolic Logic , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 15 - 30
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