0.10 I
thought it only right
that I, me Mabel intrude
here and prepare you
for this next section
by showing you how
modern day logicians
thanks to the work
of Gottlob Frege dis
articulate embodied
thoughts in the form of
everyday sentences
0.11 If
you take the
token sentence
"Mabel
is thinking"
and remove Mabel
you are left then with
the open sentence
"......
is thinking"
0.12 The "......
is thinking"
bit denotes a one place
predicate according to
our logical (br)Others
0.13 Hence at its
simplest
all one place predicates
require the addition
of a singular term
to produce a
meaningful
thought
0.14 Singular
terms
according to our
logical (br)Others
designate
and refer
either to concrete
individual Persons
and Things or
individual Sets
of particular
abstract Events
0.15 Now
take the sentence
"Mabel
is thinking about Dr George"
remove Dr and Mabel
Morrice
and this time you are left
with the open sentence
"......
is thinking about ......"
The
"......
is thinking about ......"
bit denotes then a two
place
predicate
according to our
logical (br)Others
0.16 In
this case the two
place predicate requires
the addition of two separate
singular
terms to produce
a meaningful thought
0.17 Thinking then
solely
implies thinkers
and thoughts and
since thoughts of Others
are
simply thoughts of mine
thinking ultimately needs only
me and
my thoughts
to
make any sense
0.18 To
paraphrase good
old (F)Other Descartes
0.22 This
three place predicate
"......
is talking about ...... to ......"
requires the existence
then
of some individual speaking
subject with some pressing
subject of
speech and
some attentive Other
only too willing
to listen in
order
to make any sense
0.23 To
paraphrase
(F)Other George
"You
talk therefore We are"
0.24 Now We ought to be
concerning ourselves
with thoughts logical
and imaginary
remember