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Susanne Bobzien · 4 · 1d ago From the Abstract:
This paper re-examines Frege’s Lauben passage, a brief but most influential segment in his 1918 essay Thought (Der Gedanke) that has shaped contemporary theories of #indexicals and created persistent interpretive challenges. =>
Susanne Bobzien · 3 · 1d ago Against the dominant tradition (which privileges Frege’s incommunicable I-thoughts and assumes their communicative intent) I demonstrate that this approach misreads both the text and Frege’s philosophical priorities. =>
Susanne Bobzien · 3 · 1d ago Through close textual analysis, I identify mistranslations and structural misapprehensions that have skewed the passage’s reception. Building on these findings, I reconstruct a coherent account of Frege’s theory of indexical thought. =>
Susanne Bobzien · 2 · 1d ago I clarify the distinction between communicable and incommunicable I-thoughts and their respective roles in thinking and communication. This recalibration not only dissolves the need for alternative communication models. =>
Susanne Bobzien · 3 · 1d ago It also invites a reclassification of essential indexicals and anaphoric indexicals within Frege’s framework. While no formalization is offered, the paper lays a more durable groundwork for the engagement with Frege’s late philosophy of language. =>
Susanne Bobzien · 0 · 1d ago Well, at least that’s my hope. Here’s the link, judge for yourself:
philpapers.org/rec/BOBTIO-2
Thanks to @pgbarebones.bsky.social for catching the faulty link!
Victor Caston · 0 · 1d ago What's paper #2?
Susanne Bobzien · 2 · 23h ago "Sextus Empiricus on Peripatetic Syllogistic". If you go to my profile, you see it's my previous post.