Frege on sense and nominatum pdf

Frege and the logic of sense and reference studies in philosophy 1st edition. The differentiate between sense and reference english. As frege says at the outset of on sense and reference, identity gives rise to challenging questions. Such exceptions must always be borne in mind if the mode of connexion between sign, sense, and reference in particular cases is to be correctly understood. On sense and reference 1 on sense and reference gottlob. The investigations into mathematics and logic also led frege to develop a substantial philosophy of language and theory of semantic content. In on sense and nominatum, he develops the idea that meaningful linguistic items have a second level of significance. Equality gives rise to challenging questions which are not altogether easy to answer. Evanss and mcdowells interpretations of frege are strained. The distinction, which embodies freges second solution, is then discussed in two phases.

Gottlob frege on sense and reference excerpt1 english translation of part of gottlob frege. Lecture notes introduction to philosophy of language. Kripke the city university of new york, graduate center abstract. In a chapter titled some theses of frege on sense and reference.

The former roughly corresponds to conceptual content and the latter to. All that frege has given to us so far is a theory about names of objects. The biggest difference between sense and reference is that the first concept belongs to the linguistic world while the reference belongs to the nonlinguistic world, the real one. If declarative sentence s is meaningful in a language l, then each. Frege sense and reference ie, dont use valuable space on the top of your hw paper to tell me your name, date, etc just. Searle it is commonly supposed that russell adopted the theory of descriptions in preference to freges theory of sense and reference entirely because of puzzles about the truth value of propositions like the king of france is. For ease of reference, the original pagination is indicated in.

The sense of a proper name is grasped by everyone who knows the language or the totality of designations of which the proper name is a part. Freges distinction between sense and reference makin. Frege on sense and nominatum pdf in the philosophy of language, the distinction between sense and reference was an innovation or significance, but rendered by frege s translators as. Freges earlier solution, and his reasons for its later repudiation. Sense reference frege pdf equality gives rise to challenging questions which are not altogether easy to answer. View on sense and reference from phil 4480 at utah valley university. Logicism and the notion of begriffsschrift 4 the theory of sinn and bedeutung 8. Russells objections to freges theory 7 russells objections to freges theory of sense and reference by john r. Frege, on sense and nominatum reference theory of meaning. Russell against frege and meinong ted sider phil language.

Equality 1 gives rise to challenging questions which are not altogether easy to answer. On freges on sense and reference four important and plausible semantic principles. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. Freges and russells views are obviously different, but because of certain superficial similarities in how they handle certain famous puzzles about proper names, they are often assimilated. Pdf on nov 16, 2014, michael kremer and others published mark textor, frege on sense and reference find, read and cite all the. Potentially important distinction that frege is going to ignore. Frege on sense and reference ted sider phil language basic idea. Frege on sense and nominatum pdf in the philosophy of language, the distinction between sense and reference was an innovation or significance, but rendered by freges translators as. Sameness is misleading in stating the initial puzzle. In any case, a fregean theory that allows nonreferring proper names to. Frege sense and reference by kristen oganowski on prezi.

The notion that there could be such a thing has seemed puzzling to many philosophers since, from russell to kripke and beyond. Sense and reference by gottlob frege 25 identity1 gives rise to challenging questions which are not altogether easy to answer. Sense now it is plausible to connect with a sign name, word combination, expression not only the designated object, which may be called the nominatum of the sign, but also the. We now turn to freges reasons for thinking that a theory of reference must be supplemented with a theory of sense. Denoting complex and a fregean sense or of his own earlier notion of. Sense now it is plausible to connect with a sign name, word combination. A relation between objects, or between names or signs of objects. Recap frege is responding to the reference theory of meaning for singular terms. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. A study of these authors is thus an excellent introduction to a good range of the most important contemporary debates in philosophy. On sense and reference gottlob frege as reprinted in a. Frege examines the question of how the object which is designated by a sign is related to the meaning which is expressed by the sign. Technical sense frege gives themwill be translated as reference and sense, each time. If a declarative sentence s is true in a language l, then s is meaningfulinl e.

Frege begins on sense and reference with the claim that identity sameness raises difficult questions. After a short introduction, it explains the puzzle which gave rise to the distinction. Pdf mark textor, frege on sense and reference researchgate. Frege and the logic of sense and reference kevin c. The indirect reference of a word is accordingly its customary sense.

Frege tried to account for it in a way consistent with his. The article presents freges distinction between sense and reference. On sense and nominatum is a found ing document of analytic philosophy. This is the statement of the problem he uses to motivate his semantic account in on sense and reference. Frege and the logic of sense and reference by kevin klement. In on sense and reference 1980a frege motivates the notion of sense for proper names primarily on the basis of the need to explain intersubjective communication. Paragraph 1 philosophy 360 spring 2015 text commentary 1.