philosophy bites: Michael Dummett on Frege

Support Philosophy Bites

Donate in GB Pounds
Donate in Euros
Donate in US Dollars

October 07, 2010

Michael Dummett on Frege

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

Posted at 10:24 PM in Frege | Permalink

Comments

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

Verify your Comment

Previewing your Comment

Posted by: |

This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.

Your comment could not be posted. Error type:

Your comment has been saved. Comments are moderated and will not appear until approved by the author. Post another comment

The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.