German mathematician and philosopher who invented modern predicate logic and introduced the sense/reference distinction, founding analytic philosophy of language.
Invented the Begriffsschrift — the first formal system of predicate logic — and distinguished Sinn (sense, mode of presentation) from Bedeutung (reference), resolving puzzles about identity and meaning that shaped all subsequent analytic philosophy.
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