Uncommitted about Gauss, a German philosopher (5)
I believe the answer is:
frege
'a german philosopher' is the definition.
'Frege' can be an answer for 'philosopher' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'a german' bit.
'uncommitted about gauss' is the wordplay.
'uncommitted' becomes 'free' (similar in meaning).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'gauss' becomes 'g' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'free' going around 'g' is 'FREGE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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