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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'The Structure of Science' and 'Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations)'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

17623	To understand a thought you must understand its logical structure [Frege, by Burge]
	Full Idea: For Frege, coming to a full understanding of logical structure is necessary to full understanding of a thought. And understanding logical structure derives from seeing what structures are most fruitful in accounting for the patterns of inference.
	From: report of Gottlob Frege (Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations) [1884]) by Tyler Burge - Frege on Knowing the Foundations 4
	A reaction: To me, the notion of finding what is 'fruitful' implies finding the essence of the structure.

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

21958	Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]
	Full Idea: Appearances in general are nothing outside our representations, which is just what we mean by transcendental ideality.
	From: A.W. Moore (The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics [2012], B535/A507)