Single Idea 19466

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth]

Full Idea

It seems likely that the content of the word 'true' is sui generis and indefinable

Clarification

'Sui generis' means of a unique kind

Gist of Idea

The word 'true' seems to be unique and indefinable

Source

Gottlob Frege (The Thought: a Logical Enquiry [1918], p.327 (60))

Book Reference

Frege,Gottlob: 'The Frege Reader', ed/tr. Beaney,Michael [Blackwell 1997], p.327


A Reaction

This is the view I associate with Davidson, though fans of Axiomatic Truth give up defining it, and just describe how it behaves. Defining it is very elusive, but I don't accept that nothing can be said about the contents of the concept of truth.