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Single Idea 16900

[from 'Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations)' by Gottlob Frege, in 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition ]

Full Idea

Frege makes a notorious claim that what is intuitable is not communicable.

Gist of Idea

Intuitions cannot be communicated

Source

report of Gottlob Frege (Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations) [1884], §26) by Tyler Burge - Frege on Apriority (with ps) 4

Book Reference

Burge,Tyler: 'Truth, Thought, Reason (on Frege)' [OUP 2001], p.382