Representations and minds

pp. 151-182

in: Kluge, The metaphysics of Gottlob Frege, Berlin, Springer, 1980

Abstract

By now it will be apparent that Frege's metaphysics can be approached through a variety of distinctions: complete vs. incomplete, existentially basic vs. ontologically basic, material vs. logical — to mention only a few. Each of these focuses on a particular aspect of the overall system and throws it into relief from a special point of view. In the process, however, each of them ignores completely or at least plays down what is emphasized by the other, and it is only when all of them are taken together that we get anything like a picture of the system as a whole.