Single Idea 9179

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic]

Full Idea

Frege frequently expressed a contempt for language.

Gist of Idea

Frege frequently expressed a contempt for language

Source

report of Gottlob Frege (works [1890], p.228) by Michael Dummett - Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference p.228

Book Reference

'Meaning and Reference', ed/tr. Moore,A.W. [OUP 1993], p.228


A Reaction

This strikes me as exactly the right attitude for a logician to have. Russell seems to have agreed. Attitudes to vagueness are the test case. Over-ambitious modern logicians dream of dealing with vagueness. Forget it. Stick to your last.