Currie and the Literal Interpretation of Frege’s Thesis On the Causality of Thoughts

Abstract

It is clear that there must be some kind of relation between a thought (Gedanke) and subjectivity. Nevertheless, whence it does not follow that one must assign to thought some kind of causal efficiency (Wirksamkeit) over a subject. Therefore, I consider Currie’s interpretation of passages from “Der Gedanke” and “Logik” of 1897 wrong. In its place, I propose another kind of approach that consists in underlining the intentional character of Frege’s view of consciousness.