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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Commentary on 'Posterior Analytics' and 'The Thought: a Logical Enquiry'

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought

19469

We grasp thoughts (thinking), decide they are true (judgement), and manifest the judgement (assertion) [Frege]

8162	Thoughts have their own realm of reality - 'sense' (as opposed to the realm of 'reference') [Frege, by Dummett]

9818	A thought is distinguished from other things by a capacity to be true or false [Frege, by Dummett]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought

16379

Thoughts about myself are understood one way to me, and another when communicated [Frege]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9073	Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J]

9074	Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J]

9072	Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J]