Gottlob Frege was one of the founders of the movement known as analytic philosophy. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Frege expert Michael Dummett explains why he is so important for philosophy.
Listen to Michael Dummett on Frege (13 mins 20 secs)
Click on the grey panel below to hear a short anecdote: Michael Dummett recalls meeting Ludwig Wittgenstein for the first and only time:
When Dummett met Wittgenstein (1min 27 secs)
Philosophy Bites is made in association with The Institute of Philosophy
Nice podcast! Now I got to look up this "sense" and "reference" business in the original German :)
By the way, towards the end, the interviewer seems to say that Morning Star and Evening Star refer to the same entity (true), namely the Polar Star (not true). Both Morning Star and Evening Star refer to the Planet Venus :)
Posted by: Bertram | October 21, 2010 at 04:20 PM