Fregean Side-Thoughts. Issue 3 (3rd July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sander, Thorsten
• Is Part Of: Australasian journal of philosophy. Volume 99:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 455
• Page End: 471
• Publication Date: 2021-07-03
• Subjects: Frege -- side-thoughts -- colouring -- conventional implicature -- presupposition -- multi-propositionality; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2020.1795216
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0004-8402

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper offers a detailed reconstruction of Frege's theory of side-thoughts ( Nebengedanken ) and its relation to other parts of his pragmatics, most notably to the notion of colouring ( Färbung ), to the notion of presupposition ( Voraussetzung ), and to his implicit notion of multi-propositionality. I also highlight some important differences between the subsemantic categories employed by Frege and those used in contemporary pragmatics.