Single Idea 9850

[catalogued under 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / i. Conceptual priority]

Full Idea

An argument for conceptual priority is greater simplicity in explanation.

Gist of Idea

An argument for conceptual priority is greater simplicity in explanation

Source

Michael Dummett (Frege philosophy of mathematics [1991], Ch.12)

Book Reference

Dummett,Michael: 'Frege: philosophy of mathematics' [Duckworth 1991], p.145


A Reaction

One might still have to decide priority between two equally simple (or complex) concepts. I begin to wonder whether 'priority' has any other than an instrumental meaning (according to which direction you wish to travel - is London before Edinburgh?).