The Birth of Analytic Philosophy

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  • Michael Potter Cambridge

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https://doi.org/10.22240/sent24.01.040

Abstract

The article reviews logical and mathematical problems, which were the starting point of what is now known as “analytical philosophy”. The author proves that the moment of birth of analytical philosophy was Frege’s invention of a notation for quantifiers and va-riables in 1879. Another source of analytical philosophy was rather declaration than proof of certain philosophical beliefs by Moore and Russell during the 1990s. Generally, an analysis of these sources serves to clarify what analytical philosophy is and what it is not, as well as why it appeared exactly at the beginning of the 20th century.

 

Author Biography

Michael Potter, Cambridge

Is a Reader in the Philosophy of Mathematics

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2011-06-16

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Potter, M. (2011). The Birth of Analytic Philosophy. Sententiae, 24(1), 40–77. https://doi.org/10.22240/sent24.01.040

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