The Expressive Role of Logical Forms in Husserl and Frege

The comparison between Husserl and Frege is commonly approached through the relationship between the notion of << Sinn >> and that of << Noema >>. This article highlights some shortcomings of such an approach and explores the possibility of further developing the comparison by reading in parallel the expressivist conception that the two authors have of logical forms. On the one hand, Frege develops the logical vocabulary of Begriffsschrift to make explicit the properties of valid inferences. On the other hand, in Formal and Transcendental Logic, Husserl conceives the form of logical judgments as the genesis of expressive resources that articulate the structure of possible representational contents. The contrast between Frege's inferential expressivism and Husserl's intentional expressivism is thus highlighted.