Full Idea
If we need such signs, we also need definitions so that we can cram this sense into the receptacle and also take it out again.
Gist of Idea
We need definitions to cram retrievable sense into a signed receptacle
Source
Gottlob Frege (Logic in Mathematics [1914], p.209)
Book Reference
Frege,Gottlob: 'Posthumous Writings', ed/tr. Hermes/Long/White etc [Blackwell 1979], p.209
A Reaction
Has anyone noticed that Frege is the originator of the idea of the mental file? Has anyone noticed the role that definition plays in his account?
Related Idea
Idea 16875 We use signs to mark receptacles for complex senses [Frege]