What is Gottlob Frege?
[[File:Wismar_Marienkirche_Bronzebüste_Gottlob_Frege_(01-1).JPG|thumb|A bust of Frege]] '''Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege''' (8 November 1848 – 26 July 1925) was a German [[mathematician]] and [[philosopher]]. Today, he is remembered for the work he did in [[mathematical logic]] and the foundations of [[first order logic]] and [[mathematics]]. He is generally considered to be the father of [[analytic philosophy]], for his writings on the [[philosophy of language]] and [[philosophy of mathematics|mathematics]]. When he published his works, they were mostly ignored by others of his time. [[Giuseppe Peano]] (1858–1932) and [[Bertrand Russell]] (1872–1970) introduced his work to later generations of logicians and philosophers. ==Writings== *[http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~brianwc/frege/fenglish.html An overview of Frege's writings] including English translations, at the university of Berkeley. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frege, Gottlob}} [[Category:1848 births]] [[Category:1925 deaths]] [[Category:German mathematicians]] [[Category:German philosophers]]