Single Idea 10525

[catalogued under 18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence]

Full Idea

It was Frege who first showed how the idea of abstraction could be put on a rigorous footing.

Gist of Idea

Frege put the idea of abstraction on a rigorous footing

Source

report of Gottlob Frege (Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations) [1884]) by Kit Fine - Precis of 'Limits of Abstraction' p.305

Book Reference

-: 'Philosophical Studies' [-], p.305


A Reaction

This refers to the crucial landmark in philosophical thought about abstraction. The question is whether Frege had to narrow the concept of abstraction and abstract entities too severely, in order to achieve his rigour.