Single Idea 3115

[catalogued under 18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content]

Full Idea

It is Burge's view that what a word means should be distinguished from the concept it expresses.

Gist of Idea

Are meaning and expressed concept the same thing?

Source

report of Tyler Burge (Frege on Extensions from Concepts [1984]) by Gabriel M.A. Segal - A Slim Book about Narrow Content 3.2

Book Reference

Segal,Gabriel M.A.: 'A Slim Book about Narrow Content' [MIT 2000], p.68


A Reaction

Presumably the immediate meaning (e.g. of 'arthritis') is socially determined, while the concept is fixed by history? Or what?