Single Idea 16874

[catalogued under 19. Language / D. Propositions / 5. Unity of Propositions]

Full Idea

A sentence is generally a complex sign, so the thought expressed by it is complex too: in fact it is put together in such a way that parts of a thought correspond to parts of the sentence.

Gist of Idea

The parts of a thought map onto the parts of a sentence

Source

Gottlob Frege (Logic in Mathematics [1914], p.207)

Book Reference

Frege,Gottlob: 'Posthumous Writings', ed/tr. Hermes/Long/White etc [Blackwell 1979], p.207


A Reaction

This is the compositional view of propositions, as opposed to the holistic view.