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Who was the founder of Western analytic philosophy

Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (German: Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege, November 8, 1848 - July 26, 1925) was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher. He was the founder of mathematical logic and analytic philosophy.

Frege is recognized as a great logician, like Aristotle, G?del, and Tarski. His publication of the Conceptual Text in 1879 marked a turning point in the history of logic. The conceptual text opened up new frontiers.

The full title of the book identifies it as "A Formal Language of Pure Thought in Imitation of Arithmetic". This little book is indisputably the most important publication in the field of logic after Aristotle. Frege's motivation for developing his system of formal logic was similar to Leibniz's desire for an arithmetical reasoner.

Frege defined logical algorithms to support his research in the foundations of mathematics. The conceptual text is the name of both the book and the algorithms defined therein.

China published "A Study of Frege's Thought," which argues that Frege was the founder of modern logic and is also recognized as the founder of analytic philosophy and philosophy of language. His thought has had an extremely important role in promoting the emergence and development of logic, and in the study and development of contemporary philosophy, especially analytic philosophy and philosophy of language. The magnitude of Frege's influence can be felt by a glance at the Western literature: almost every work mentions him and places him in a very important position.