Der Gedanke

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Der Gedanke is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the nature of thoughts, sense, and truth in the philosophy of language and logic.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical essay
work on logic
work on philosophy of language
analyzes the nature of sense (Sinn)
the nature of thoughts
the nature of truth
argues that thoughts are neither mental events nor physical objects
that thoughts are objective and shareable
that truth is an objective property of thoughts
author Gottlob Frege
concerns the conditions for the possibility of judgment
the logical structure of thought
the relation between thought and language
countryOfOrigin Germany
developsConcept objective thoughts (Gedanken)
the distinction between thought and its linguistic expression
the objectivity of truth
the timelessness of truth-values
field analytic philosophy
philosophy of logic
genre academic article
hasForm prose
influenced 20th-century analytic philosophy
discussions of objectivity and truth
philosophy of language in the analytic tradition
theories of propositional content
keyTerm Behauptung (assertion)
Gedanke (thought)
Sinn (sense)
Urteil (judgment)
Wahrheit (truth)
language German
mainTopic philosophical logic
philosophy of language
sense
thoughts
truth
originalTitle Der Gedanke. Eine logische Untersuchung
philosophicalPosition objectivism about truth
realism about thoughts
philosophicalTradition Fregean semantics
publicationYear 1918
publishedIn Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus
relatedWork Die Verneinung
Gedankengefüge
Über Sinn und Bedeutung
title Der Gedanke

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gottlob Frege
notableWork
Der Gedanke
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