What does Frege argue for in his paper "The Thought"?
Existentialism
Platonism
Dualism
Phenomenology
Answer
Frege argues that the meaning of a sentence is a thought, and that thoughts are abstract objects that exist independently of human minds. He calls this view "Platonism" because it is similar to the view of Plato, who believed that abstract objects exist in a realm of Forms.
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