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Ideas from 'Frege on Extensions from Concepts' by Tyler Burge [1984], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Truth, Thought, Reason (on Frege)' by Burge,Tyler [OUP 2001,0-19-927854-7]].

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18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
3115 Are meaning and expressed concept the same thing?
                        Full Idea: It is Burge's view that what a word means should be distinguished from the concept it expresses.
                        From: report of Tyler Burge (Frege on Extensions from Concepts [1984]) by Gabriel M.A. Segal - A Slim Book about Narrow Content 3.2
                        A reaction: Presumably the immediate meaning (e.g. of 'arthritis') is socially determined, while the concept is fixed by history? Or what?