Single Idea 12220

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form]

Full Idea

Do we attribute a logical form to a sentence token because it is a token of a type with that form, or do we attribute a logical form to a sentence type because it is a type of a token with that form?

Gist of Idea

Is it the sentence-token or the sentence-type that has a logical form?

Source

Kit Fine (Quine on Quantifying In [1990], p.110)

Book Reference

Fine,Kit: 'Modality and Tense' [OUP 2005], p.110


A Reaction

Since I believe in propositions (as the unambiguous thought that lies behind a sentence), I take it that logical form concerns propositions, though strict logicians don't like this, for fear that logic spills into psychology.