Single Idea 23455

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Judgement / a. Nature of Judgement]

Full Idea

When I judge 'Socrates is human', the meaning is completed by the act of judging.

Gist of Idea

The meaning of 'Socrates is human' is completed by a judgement

Source

B Russell/AN Whitehead (Principia Mathematica [1913], p.44), quoted by Michael Morris - Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Tractatus

Book Reference

Morris,Michael: 'Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Tractatus' [Routledge 2008], p.84


A Reaction

Morris says this is Russell's multiple-relations theory of judgement. The theory accompanies the rejection of the concept of the unified proposition. When I hear 'Socrates had a mole on his shoulder' I get the meaning without judging.

Related Idea

Idea 23453 Propositions as objects of judgement don't exist, because we judge several objects, not one [Russell/Whitehead]