Single Idea 4973

[catalogued under 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / b. Concepts are linguistic]

Full Idea

As I understand it, a concept is the meaning of a grammatical predicate.

Gist of Idea

As I understand it, a concept is the meaning of a grammatical predicate

Source

Gottlob Frege (On Concept and Object [1892], p.193)

Book Reference

Frege,Gottlob: 'Translations from the Writings of Gottlob Frege', ed/tr. Geach,P/Black,M [Blackwell 1980], p.43


A Reaction

All the ills of twentieth century philosophy reside here, because it makes a concept an entirely linguistic thing, so that animals can't have concepts, and language is cut off from reality, leading to relativism, pragmatism, and other nonsense.