Third realm biography examples

The German mathematician, logician and part-time philosopher Gottlob Frege () wasn&#;t well-known during his lifetime, but he&#;s now considered the father of analytic philosophy, the type of philosophy most professors in English-speaking countries and Scandinavia do.

(Being the father of analytic philosophy makes you very well-known in certain circles.)

In , Frege published an article called &#;The Thought&#; (Der Gedanke), in which he drew an interesting distinction.

In addition to the standard categories of the mental and the physical, Frege said that &#;a third realm must be recognized&#;. This is the realm of meaning or sense that&#;s independent of anyone&#;s particular ideas.

First, therefore, is the realm of spatiotemporal things (&#;such as trees, stones and houses&#;).