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Single Idea 4974

[filed under theme 19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense ]

Full Idea

For all the multiplicity of languages, mankind has a common stock of thoughts.

Gist of Idea

For all the multiplicity of languages, mankind has a common stock of thoughts

Source

Gottlob Frege (On Concept and Object [1892], p.196n)

Book Ref

Frege,Gottlob: 'Translations from the Writings of Gottlob Frege', ed/tr. Geach,P/Black,M [Blackwell 1980], p.46

A Reaction

Given the acknowledgement here that two very different sentences in different languages can express the same thought, he should recognise that at least some aspects of a thought are non-linguistic.

The 19 ideas with the same theme [propositions as objective abstract entities]:

17264 Propositions are abstract structures of concepts, ready for judgement or assertion [Bolzano, by Correia/Schnieder]
12232 A 'proposition' is the sense of a linguistic expression, and can be true or false [Bolzano]
4974 For all the multiplicity of languages, mankind has a common stock of thoughts [Frege]
16873 Thoughts are not subjective or psychological, because some thoughts are the same for us all [Frege]
16872 A thought is the sense expressed by a sentence, and is what we prove [Frege]
19467 A 'thought' is something for which the question of truth can arise; thoughts are senses of sentences [Frege]
18967 A 'proposition' is said to be the timeless cognitive part of the meaning of a sentence [Quine]
18368 For all being, there is a potential proposition which expresses its existence and nature [Armstrong]
18370 A realm of abstract propositions is causally inert, so has no explanatory value [Armstrong]
2518 Sentences are abstract types (like musical scores), not individual tokens [Katz]
8076 The distinction between sentences and abstract propositions is crucial in logic [Devlin]
4604 If propositions are abstract entities, how do human beings interact with them? [Heil]
10420 Maybe a proposition is just a property with all its places filled [Swoyer]
9451 Modal logic and brain science have reaffirmed traditional belief in propositions [Bealer]
19202 Propositions are necessary existents which essentially (but inexplicably) represent things [Merricks]
19204 True propositions existed prior to their being thought, and might never be thought [Merricks]
19210 The standard view of propositions says they never change their truth-value [Merricks]
21635 Without propositions there can be no beliefs or desires [Hofweber]
18862 Are propositions all the thoughts and sentences that are possible? [Tallant]