Frege on Thinking and Its Epistemic Significance Frege on Thinking and Its Epistemic Significance Pieranna Garavaso and Nicla Vassallo LEXINGTONBOOKS Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•London PublishedbyLexingtonBooks AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com UnitA,WhitacreMews,26-34StannaryStreet,LondonSE114AB Copyright©2015byLexingtonBooks Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Garavaso,Pieranna. Fregeonthinkinganditsepistemicsignificance/PierannaGaravasoandNiclaVassallo. pagescm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-7391-7838-6(cloth:alk.paper)--ISBN978-0-7391-7839-3(electronic) 1.Frege,Gottlob,1848-1925.I.Title. B3245.F24G372014 193--dc23 2014035311 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica ForGraziaCassarà, whohasgivenmesomuchwithherrationality,honesty,sensibility, dignity,loyaltyandwithherbeauty. Nicla ForLory, whotaughtmealotaboutthinkingandwriting. Pieranna Contents Acknowledgments vii 1 Introduction 1 2 TheManyFacesofFrege’sAnti-Psychologism 17 3 Frege’sThinking 41 4 Frege’sEpistemology 63 5 TheEpistemicRoleofLanguageinThinkingand RepresentingThoughts 85 6 Conclusion 107 References 111 Index 123 AbouttheAuthors 127 v