Series: Logic Seminar

Speaker: Mark W. Schmitt (Penn State, Mathematics)

Title: Frege's Logical Foundation for Mathematics

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998

Time: 2:30 PM

Place: 113 McAllister Building

Abstract: The talk will focus on an introduction to Frege's logical
system as laid out in his Begriffsschrifft of 1878.  From this Frege's
attempt to ground mathematics in logic will be discussed, focusing on
his treatment of sequences.