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[from 'Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations)' by Gottlob Frege, in 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / c. Fregean concepts ]

Full Idea

For Frege concepts are, precisely, the Bedeutungen of predicates.

Clarification

'Bedeutungen' in normally translated as 'references'

Gist of Idea

Concepts are, precisely, the references of predicates

Source

report of Gottlob Frege (Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations) [1884]) by Crispin Wright - Frege's Concept of Numbers as Objects 1.iv

Book Reference

Wright,Crispin: 'Frege's Conception of Numbers' [Scots Philosophical Monographs 1983], p.15


A Reaction

On p.17 Wright challenges Frege's right to make that assumption.