German Grice

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Jones writes in "Stay Tuned", THIS BLOG: (Comment):

"I am certainly inclined to stick with Frege and Carnap in keeping psychology out of semantics (but not with Frege's recklessness in trying to use the word "thought" for something non-psychological, assuming that in German that was as bad as it sounds in English)."

Yes, it presumably does sound as bad. If not badder.

Gedanke.

I am pleased I'm not a native German.

I couldn't think what Cicero would have done with that. I have started to translate all of Grice's papers to Latin. I think it will flow more flowingly.

I have started with

"Logica et conversatio"

I had no problem in translating his 'implicature' as "implicatura".

But I have a problem with 'maxim'.

No doubt the task will be harder when I attempt at "Spots mean measles", but I'll get away with it.

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I would think Cicero would have used:

"Cogitatum".

As per 'cogito, ergo sum'.

I think.

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Therefore, I am.


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How Frege thought this is not a psychological thought should give us some food -- for thought. Or not.