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Full Idea
If objects are thoughts, aren't we back to psychologism?
Clarification
'Psychologism' is the view that ideas are entirely within individual minds
Gist of Idea
If objects are thoughts, aren't we back to psychologism?
Source
Ruth Barcan Marcus (Nominalism and Substitutional Quantifiers [1978], p.166)
Book Ref
'Philosophy of Logic: an anthology', ed/tr. Jacquette,Dale [Blackwell 2002], p.166
A Reaction
Personally I don't think that would be the end of the world, but Fregeans go into paroxyms at the mention of 'psychology', because they fear that it destroys objectivity. That may be because they haven't understood thought properly.