Frege’s Hidden Assumption

This paper is concerned with locating the specific assumption that led Frege into Russell’s Paradox. His understanding of reflexive pronouns was weak, for one thing, but also, by assimilating concepts to functions he was misled into thinking one could invariably replace a two-place relation with a...

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Main Author: Hartley Slater
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2018-12-01
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Online Access:https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/479
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description This paper is concerned with locating the specific assumption that led Frege into Russell’s Paradox. His understanding of reflexive pronouns was weak, for one thing, but also, by assimilating concepts to functions he was misled into thinking one could invariably replace a two-place relation with a one-place property.
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spelling doaj-art-400aad1369d542038f9c9f2c65967c562025-08-20T03:41:50ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Crítica0011-15031870-49052018-12-013811310.22201/iifs.18704905e.2006.479Frege’s Hidden AssumptionHartley Slater0Philosophy Department University of Western Australia This paper is concerned with locating the specific assumption that led Frege into Russell’s Paradox. His understanding of reflexive pronouns was weak, for one thing, but also, by assimilating concepts to functions he was misled into thinking one could invariably replace a two-place relation with a one-place property. https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/479Russell’s ParadoxParadox of Predicationlambda termsreflexive pronouns
spellingShingle Hartley Slater
Frege’s Hidden Assumption
Crítica
Russell’s Paradox
Paradox of Predication
lambda terms
reflexive pronouns
title Frege’s Hidden Assumption
title_full Frege’s Hidden Assumption
title_fullStr Frege’s Hidden Assumption
title_full_unstemmed Frege’s Hidden Assumption
title_short Frege’s Hidden Assumption
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topic Russell’s Paradox
Paradox of Predication
lambda terms
reflexive pronouns
url https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/479
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