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| 13479 | Given that thinking aims at truth, logic gives universal rules for how to do it |
| Full Idea: The laws of logic - which are constituted by atemporal thoughts and atemporal subject matter - provide universal prescriptions of how one ought to think, given that one's thinking has the function of attaining truth. | |||
| From: Tyler Burge (Frege on Knowing the Third Realm [1992], p.316) | |||
| A reaction: Burge is giving, and endorsing, Frege's view. Burge is fighting a rearguard action, when logical systems keep proliferating. See Idea 10282. I sympathise with the dream of Burge and Frege. |