ABSTRACT
One of the major themes o f the present work has been that Frege’s logical theory is incomplete because his extant Begriffsschrift does not reflect the theory o f Sinn and Bedeutung. The systems developed in Chapter 5, FC+SB and FC+SB+V, eliminate this missing part of Frege’s work. However, we also found that the development of these systems reveals flaws in Frege’s overall philosophy that have been scarcely addressed or discussed by Frege’s philosophical progeny. In this chapter, we consider whether or not solutions to these difficulties can be found that are consistent with a broadly Fregean philosophical system. The systems described in Chapter 5 were meant to represent fully Frege’s own commitments. Since these systems are subject to the paradoxes described in the preceding chapters, obviously we cannot expect to find solutions compatible with strict adherence to Frege’s own doctrines. The interesting question, however, is whether or not Frege’s philosophy could be revised in such a way that its spirit and overall form are maintained while the problems are avoided in a philosophically adequate way.
