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StudiesinLogic,Vol.11,No.1(2018):136–144 PII:1674-3202(2018)-01-0136-10 FregeandNeo-Fregeanism: * InterviewwithBobHale DifeiXu SchoolofPhilosophy,RenminUniversityofChina difeixu@ruc.edu.cn Bob Hale is a philosopher, who has been devoting himself to modality and metaphysics. His research as British Academy Reader was mainly in the philosophy of mathematics. With and during long collaboration with Crispin Wright, he developed and defended a position of neo- Fregeanism,accordingtowhichmathematicalknowledgecanbegroundedonlogicanddefini- tionsoffundamentalnotions. Neo-Fregeanismhasbeenarousingphilosophers’seriousthought and discussion since 1980s and still inspires philosophers nowadays in the field of philosophy ofmathematics,philosophyoflanguageand philosophyofmind. 1 Personalhistoryandsomegeneralquestions Xu: Prof.Hale,I’mhonoredtohaveanopportunitytointerviewyou. YouandProf. Wright are protagonists of Neo-Fregeanism, which has significant influence not only to philosophy of mathematics but also to the philosophy of language. Could you tell us whatmakesyoubeginthissignificantphilosophicalprogram? Hale: Crispin Wright and I met in Oxford, in the late 1960s, although we came to knoweachothermuchbetterwhenhehadleftOxfordtoworkinSt.Andrews,andIhad Received 2017-05-05 *Grant: National Social Science Foundation of China (17BZX089). (基金项目：国家社会科学基金项目“新弗雷格 主义的实在论及其逻辑主义的认识论研究” （17BZX089）。) DifeiXu /Fregeand Neo-Fregeanism: InterviewwithBobHale 137 started to work in Lancaster. Before writing Frege’s Conception, Crispin became very interestedinapaperIwaswritingaboutsingularterms,andmadeuseoftheideasinitin hisbook,whichIreadassoon asIcouldgetholdof