Combining Texts

Ideas for 'Function and Concept', 'On Sense and Reference' and 'Queries to the 'Opticks''

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     choose another area for these texts

display all the ideas for this combination of texts


5 ideas

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / c. Fregean concepts
Concepts are the ontological counterparts of predicative expressions [Frege, by George/Velleman]
An assertion about the concept 'horse' must indirectly speak of an object [Frege, by Hale]
A concept is a function whose value is always a truth-value [Frege]
'The concept "horse"' denotes a concept, yet seems also to denote an object [Frege, by McGee]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / a. Conceptual structure
Unlike objects, concepts are inherently incomplete [Frege, by George/Velleman]