Single Idea 4975

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

Full Idea

A thought can be split up in many ways, so that now one thing, now another, appears as subject or predicate

Gist of Idea

A thought can be split in many ways, so that different parts appear as subject or predicate

Source

Gottlob Frege (On Concept and Object [1892], p.199)

Book Reference

Frege,Gottlob: 'Translations from the Writings of Gottlob Frege', ed/tr. Geach,P/Black,M [Blackwell 1980], p.49


A Reaction

Thus 'the mouse is in the box', and 'the box contains the mouse'. A simple point, but important when we are trying to distinguish thought from language.