Single Idea 4974

[catalogued under 19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense]

Full Idea

For all the multiplicity of languages, mankind has a common stock of thoughts.

Gist of Idea

For all the multiplicity of languages, mankind has a common stock of thoughts

Source

Gottlob Frege (On Concept and Object [1892], p.196n)

Book Reference

Frege,Gottlob: 'Translations from the Writings of Gottlob Frege', ed/tr. Geach,P/Black,M [Blackwell 1980], p.46


A Reaction

Given the acknowledgement here that two very different sentences in different languages can express the same thought, he should recognise that at least some aspects of a thought are non-linguistic.