Quote: to see if arithmetic was analytic, Frege reduced ordering in a sequence (number) to logical consequences from the laws of thought

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Now, when I came to consider the question … [analytic or synthetic] the judgments of arithmetic belong, I first had to ascertain … of those laws of thought that transcend all … to that of logical consequence, so as to … [Anschauliches] from penetrating here unnoticed, I had to bend every effort … in the strictest possible way I found the … This deficiency led me to the idea of … ["Begriffsschrift" means ideography or concept writing]   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: Frege developed concept writing to prevent gaps in a chain of inferences; found that language and intuition were inadequate

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