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Single Idea 9202

[catalogued under 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought]

Full Idea

We normally think of logical form as exclusively an attribute of sentences; however, the notion may also be taken to have application to objects.

Gist of Idea

Objects, as well as sentences, can have logical form

Source

Kit Fine (Intro to 'Modality and Tense' [2005], p. 3)

Book Reference

Fine,Kit: 'Modality and Tense' [OUP 2005], p.3


A Reaction

A striking proposal which seems intuitively right. If one said that objects have 'powers', one might subsume abstract and physical objects under a single account.