Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege EDITED BY PETER GEACH Sevor Lecter in Philosphy, ueesity of Binning AND MAX BLACK Pres of Pisepy, Corll University BASIL BLACKWELL OXFORD 1960Bint Edition 1952 Second Eatin 1960 ron masta aLicwwits & movT Lt. By THE comPrON PminTiNG Wont (LONDON) LID, LONDON, ¥.1PREFACE Ons aim of this volume is to make available to English readers Frege's mcze important logical essays, which have long been buried in various German periodicals (mostly now defunct). Besides these we have given certain extracts from his Grund gesetze der Arithmetil; these can be understood in the light of the essays, without the reader's needing to follow the chain of deduc- tion in the Grundgesetze. ‘Specialattention should be paid to Frege’s discussion of Russell's paradox.in the appendix to Vol. ii of the Grundgesetze. Tt is dis creditable that logical works should repeat the legend of Frege’s abandoning his researches in despair when faced with the paradox; in fact he indicates a line of solution, which others might well have followed out farther. ‘The authorship of the various versions is stated in the table of contents. All versions have been revised with a view to uniform rendering of Frege's special terms; a glossary of these terms is supplied. Footnote flags such as 4, relate to translators’ foomotes; other footnotes are Frege’s own. ‘Acknowledgments are due to the editors of Mind and the Philosophical Review, for permission to use versions first published there. Acknowledgment is also due for use of the translations made from Vol. i of the Grndgesetze by P. E. B. Jourdain and J. Stachelroth (which were first published in the Monist, 1915-17), to the owners of the copyright, whom it has un- fortunately proved impossible to trace. Professor Ryle and Lord Russell have been most helpful by lending works of Frege that were otherwise almost unobtainable. ‘Max BLack, P. T. Geacu.