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[from 'On Sense and Reference' by Gottlob Frege, in 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers ]

Full Idea

Frege was strongly in favour of taking truth to attach to propositions, which he called 'thoughts' and regarded as being expressed by sentences.

Gist of Idea

Frege was strongly in favour of taking truth to attach to propositions

Source

report of Gottlob Frege (On Sense and Reference [1892]) by Michael Dummett - Truth and the Past 1

Book Reference

Dummett,Michael: 'Truth and the Past (Dewey Lectures)' [Columbia 2004], p.1


A Reaction

Sometimes it is necessary to know the time, the place, and the speaker before one can evaluate the truth of a proposition. Not just indexical words, but the indexical aspect of, say, "the team played badly".