Single Idea 16876

[catalogued under 18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files]

Full Idea

If we need such signs, we also need definitions so that we can cram this sense into the receptacle and also take it out again.

Gist of Idea

We need definitions to cram retrievable sense into a signed receptacle

Source

Gottlob Frege (Logic in Mathematics [1914], p.209)

Book Reference

Frege,Gottlob: 'Posthumous Writings', ed/tr. Hermes/Long/White etc [Blackwell 1979], p.209


A Reaction

Has anyone noticed that Frege is the originator of the idea of the mental file? Has anyone noticed the role that definition plays in his account?

Related Idea

Idea 16875 We use signs to mark receptacles for complex senses [Frege]