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Single Idea 19469

[filed under theme 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought ]

Full Idea

We distinguish the grasp of a thought, which is 'thinking', from the acknowledgement of the truth of a thought, which is the act of 'judgement', from the manifestation of this judgement, which is an 'assertion'.

Gist of Idea

We grasp thoughts (thinking), decide they are true (judgement), and manifest the judgement (assertion)

Source

Gottlob Frege (The Thought: a Logical Enquiry [1918], p.329 (62))

Book Ref

Frege,Gottlob: 'The Frege Reader', ed/tr. Beaney,Michael [Blackwell 1997], p.329


The 13 ideas from 'The Thought: a Logical Enquiry'

There exists a realm, beyond objects and ideas, of non-spatio-temporal thoughts [Frege, by Weiner]
Thoughts have their own realm of reality - 'sense' (as opposed to the realm of 'reference') [Frege, by Dummett]
A thought is distinguished from other things by a capacity to be true or false [Frege, by Dummett]
Thoughts about myself are understood one way to me, and another when communicated [Frege]
Late Frege saw his non-actual objective objects as exclusively thoughts and senses [Frege, by Dummett]
The word 'true' seems to be unique and indefinable [Frege]
There cannot be complete correspondence, because ideas and reality are quite different [Frege]
A 'thought' is something for which the question of truth can arise; thoughts are senses of sentences [Frege]
The property of truth in 'It is true that I smell violets' adds nothing to 'I smell violets' [Frege]
We grasp thoughts (thinking), decide they are true (judgement), and manifest the judgement (assertion) [Frege]
Thoughts in the 'third realm' cannot be sensed, and do not need an owner to exist [Frege]
A fact is a thought that is true [Frege]
A sentence is only a thought if it is complete, and has a time-specification [Frege]