Frege on Identity and Identity-Statements: A Reply to Thau and Caplan

Canadian Journal of Philosophy 33 (1):83-102 (2003)
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The paper argues, as against Thau and Caplan, that the traditional interpretation that Frege abandoned his earlier views about identity and identity--statements is correct

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10.1080/00455091.2003.10716536

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The Principles of Mathematics.Bertrand Russell - 1903 - Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 11 (4):11-12.
Principles of Mathematics.Bertrand Russell - 1903 - New York,: Routledge.
The basic laws of arithmetic.Gottlob Frege - 1893 - Berkeley,: University of California Press. Edited by Montgomery Furth.
Words.David Kaplan - 1990 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 64 (1):93-119.

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