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frege-geach problem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
frege-geach prob-lem
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The problem that, by subscribing to expressivism, one accepts that the meaning of (say) "it is wrong to tell lies" is different from the meaning of the "it is wrong to tell lies" part of the conditional "if it is wrong to tell lies, then it is wrong to get your little brother to lie", and that therefore expressivism is an inadequate explanation for moral language.

Etymology

Named after Peter Geach and Gottlob Frege; Geach developed the concept from Frege's writings.

Inflected Forms

Frege-Geach problems (plural)

Questions

What does frege-geach problem mean?
The problem that, by subscribing to expressivism, one accepts that the meaning of (say) "it is wrong to tell lies" is different from the meaning of the "it is wrong to tell lies" part of the conditional "if it is wrong to tell lies, then it is wrong to get your little brother to lie", and that therefore expressivism is an inadequate explanation for moral language.
Where does frege-geach problem come from?
Named after Peter Geach and Gottlob Frege; Geach developed the concept from Frege's writings.

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