frege on sense and denotation

The item The metaphysicians of meaning : Russell and Frege on sense and denotation, Gideon Makin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. Then I turn to his arguments in favor of truth values being the denotations of—the doctrine that on my view puts us on Frege… While presenting Frege's distinction between denotation (Bedeutung) and sense (Sinn) for proper names, B. V. Birjukovl insists on characterizing sense using the intuitive concept of infor-mation: The sense of a proper name, for Frege, may be described as that knowledge, that information, which is included in the name. The morning star † Both ES and MS denote the planet Venus but \in difierent ways", so one may understand both but not believe that ES = MS On sense and reference GOTTLOB FREGE [As reprinted in A.W. The mathematician G. Frege cannot be credited with being the first to tackle this kind of problem, since questions along these lines can be encountered throughout the evolution of logic and, naturally, linguistics as well. I describe Frege’s theory of sense and denotation. I consider motivations and problems, especially for his treatment of the sense and reference of concept expressions, and whether a regress is involved in senses for names. A relation between objects, or … The Metaphysicians of Meaning: Russell and Frege on Sense and Denotation. Seeing, Doing, and Knowing: A Philosophical Theory of Sense Perception. 709 398 1MB Read more SEEING, DOING, AND KNOWING This page intentionally left blank Seeing, Doing, and Knowing A Philosophical Theory of S . Download Citation | Sense and Denotation: The Theory | I describe Frege’s theory of sense and denotation. Hence, reference and denotation … ‘referent’ or ‘denotation’… would give a misleading impression of Frege’s style. This is because we can formulate Frege’s 4 theory of sense and denotation in a perfectly rigorous and unobjectionable man- ner, and in this theory none of the difficulties alleged by Russell arise. A Problem in the Frege-Church Theory of Sense and Denotation* NATHAN SALMON University of California, Santa Barbara There is an inconsistency among claims made (or apparently made) in separate articles by Alonzo Church concerning Frege's distinction between sense and denotation taken together with plausible assertions by Frege concerning his (I use ‘denotation’ as a translation for ‘Bedeutung’ in discussing this theory.) Gideon Makin. In the previous chapter Frege’s theory of Sinn and Bedeutung was investigated as to whether it might provide some understanding of intensional contexts. Russell's On Denoting and Frege's On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and form the heart of the famous ""linguistic turn"". Frege (1892) suggests that the same specific unit may be suitably referred to on diverse occasions using varying expressions. Accounts based on the work of Carnap and Church treat sense as an intension, or a function from possible worlds to extensions. 3.1 Frege's Puzzles 3.1.1 Frege's Puzzle About Identity Statements Here are some examples of identity statements: 117+136 = Moore (ed.) Russell's On Denoting and Frege's On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and form the heart of the famous "linguistic turn".The Metaphysicians of Meaning is the first book to challenge the accepted secondary work on these two seminal papers, forcing us to reconsider the interpretation of these two vitally important … Frege identifies the proposition expressed by a sentence as its sense. June 1993; Nous 27(2):158; DOI: 10.2307/2215753 In Frege's view, the words 'John' and 'Mary' in this sentence are names, the expression 'loves' signifies a function, and, moreover, the sentence as a whole is a. Russell wanted to refine the theory of denotation to remove the paradox of nonexistent objects found in Meinong’s theory and to close the gap nonexistent referents left in Frege’s theory. Gideon Makin - 2000 - Routledge. Therefore, Frege's notions of sense and denotation are hardly applicable to the words and expressions of the ordinary languages. He used the German term Sinn (English sense) for those aspects of meaning which do not depend on the context of use, the kind of meaning we might look up in a dictionary. This chapter is an exposition of Frege’s most influential essay, “On Sense and Reference.” It first discusses names and descriptions, modes of presentation, imperfect and perfect languages. ... Tondl L. (1981) Sense and Denotation. Russell's On Denoting and Frege's On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and form the heart of the famous "linguistic turn".The Metaphysicians of Meaning is the first book to challenge the accepted secondary work on these two seminal papers, forcing us to reconsider the interpretation of these two vitally important … Russell on Fregean ‘Sense’ and ‘Reference’: Some Observations Shashi Motilal Professor, Department of Philosophy University of Delhi Bertrand Russell in his 1905 paper ‘On Denoting’ has criticized Frege’s distinction between the ‘sense’ and the ‘reference’ or what Russell calls the ‘meaning’ and ‘denotation’ respectively of a denoting expression. In: Problems of Semantics. Meaning and Reference.Oxford: Oxford University Press.] Makin compares the work Russell did shortly before his famous essay "On Denoting" with the essay itself and argues that this comparison shows that the traditional view of the problem Russell was trying to solve is untenable. Tichý in his seminal monograph The Foundations of Frege’s Logic (1988) sees the disambiguated Frege’s triangle as follows (p. 103): Once the Fregean notion of sense is disambiguated… into that of a presen- Frege describes the reference as the expression having an actual object corresponding to it and the sense of this expression as the concept of the expression. Frege's notion of sense is somewhat obscure, and neo-Fregeans have come up with different candidates for its role. James Levine - 2004 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 69 (2):251–295. Routledge (2000) (I use ‘denotation’ as a translation for ‘ Bedeutung ’ in discussing this theory.) The basic idea of sense and denotation Frege used the term name more broadly than we normally do. (p. 53) Later he adds: - G. Frege, “Uber Sinn und Bedeutung”, in Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik, 1892, traduction anglaise par M. Black, “On Sense and Reference” in Geach & Black, 1952. Russell's On Denoting and Frege's On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and form the heart of the famous "linguistic turn". x 2. Metaphysicians of Meaningis the first book to challenge the accepted understanding of Russell'sOn Denotingand Frege'sOn Sense and Reference. Equality [1] gives rise to challenging questions which are not altogether easy to answer.Is it a relation? ChurchÕs Logic of Sense and Denotation: a recap. in some ways philosophically superior, and perhaps closer to Frege Õs own understanding of such senses. The Metaphysicians of Meaning: Russell and Frege on Sense and Denotation. List of abbreviations p. ix Introduction p. 1 Part I Russell p. 9 1 Russell's first theory of denoting p. 11 I The elements p. 11 II The mathematical context p. 13 III Denoting, d On Frege’s theory of sense and denotation, identity sentences can be both true and non- trivial if they are composed of singular terms that have the same denotation (required for truth) but different senses (required for non-triviality). Church’s Logic of Sense and Denotation | Springer for Research & Development Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. I consider the relation of the new scheme to the scheme of the Begriiffsschrift. There are clear parallels between the truth value of a sentence and the denotation … View freges sense and denotation.docx from FAEN 109 at University of Ghana. On the “Gray’s Elegy” Argument and its Bearing on Frege’s Theory of Sense. It is true that Frege made such examples as the Venus as morning/evening star paradox, but what he was doing, at that moment, was an attempt to ground the arithmetics on logic. Frege concludes that the denotation of a (declarative) sentence is not the proposition which it expresses, but rather its truth value. Hence, his arguments are completely lacking in force, if they are understood as directed against Frege’s theory of Sinn and Bedeutung. The Logic of Sense and Denotation represents an attempt to translate FregeÕs [18 , 20] theory of sense ( Sinn ) and denotation ( Bedeutung ) into a full-ßedged and general Frege used the term Bedeutung (English denotation) 6 for the other sort of meaning, which does depend on the context. A Problem in the Frege-Church Theory of Sense and Denotation. An expression is said to expand its ability to denote because it is associated to an object, in the speakers mind.

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