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Single Idea 12911

[from 'Letters to Antoine Arnauld' by Gottfried Leibniz, in 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts ]

Full Idea

There must always be some basis for the connexion between the terms of a proposition, and it is to be found in their concepts.

Gist of Idea

Concepts are what unite a proposition

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Antoine Arnauld [1686], 1686.07.4/14 X)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'The Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence', ed/tr. Mason,HT/Parkinson,GHR [Manchester UP 1967], p.63


A Reaction

We face the problem that bothered Russell, of the unity of the proposition. We are also led to the question of HOW our concepts connect the parts of a proposition. Do concepts have valencies? Are they incomplete, as Frege suggests?