A collection of new essays by established scholars and younger practitioners exploring why analytic philosophy is now looking towards its history.[...]
When Bertrand Russell discovered an unresolvable contradiction in Gottlob Frege's (1848-1925) logical system, the effect was calamitous, embittering Frege and overshadowing his important work in analytical philosophy. Frege's student, Rudolf Carnap, took detailed notes of his lectures that show how [...]