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Full Idea
The neo-Fregean takes a more optimistic view than Frege of the prospects for the kind of contextual explanation of the fundamental concepts of arithmetic and analysis (cardinals and reals), which he rejected in 'Grundlagen' 60-68.
Gist of Idea
The neo-Fregean is more optimistic than Frege about contextual definitions of numbers
Source
B Hale / C Wright (Intro to 'The Reason's Proper Study' [2001], §1)
Book Ref
Hale,B/Wright,C: 'The Reason's Proper Study' [OUP 2003], p.1