Find all the books, read about the author, and more. On sense and nominatum is a found ing document of analytic philosophy. On sense and reference wikisource, the free online library. All that frege has given to us so far is a theory about names of objects. Frege sense and reference ie, dont use valuable space on the top of your hw paper to tell me your name, date, etc just. The distinction, which embodies freges second solution, is then discussed in two phases. If declarative sentence s is meaningful in a language l, then each. Frege sense and reference by kristen oganowski on prezi.
Freges earlier solution, and his reasons for its later repudiation. Denoting complex and a fregean sense or of his own earlier notion of. In the philosophy of language, the distinction between sense and reference was an innovation. Lecture notes introduction to philosophy of language. On sense and reference 1 on sense and reference gottlob. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. In a chapter titled some theses of frege on sense and reference. Recap frege is responding to the reference theory of meaning for singular terms. Paragraph 1 philosophy 360 spring 2015 text commentary 1.
Pdf on nov 16, 2014, michael kremer and others published mark textor, frege on sense and reference find, read and cite all the. We now turn to freges reasons for thinking that a theory of reference must be supplemented with a theory of sense. Although frege says that a sign name or joining words must be composed by both concepts sense and reference, there are words that lack any of these concepts. Russell against frege and meinong ted sider phil language. View on sense and reference from phil 4480 at utah valley university. Frege and the logic of sense and reference studies in philosophy 1st edition. 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. 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. Frege, on sense and nominatum reference theory of meaning. Sameness is misleading in stating the initial puzzle. The notion that there could be such a thing has seemed puzzling to many philosophers since, from russell to kripke and beyond. Hes one of the founders of analytic philosophy, which is the philosophical tradition dominant in englishspeaking universities today. Freges theory of indirect contexts and the shift of sense and reference in these contexts has puzzled many.
Sense reference frege pdf equality gives rise to challenging questions which are not altogether easy to answer. Pdf mark textor, frege on sense and reference researchgate. The article presents freges distinction between sense and reference. Hesperus is the name the greeks gave to the first star visible in the. The investigations into mathematics and logic also led frege to develop a substantial philosophy of language and theory of semantic content. Evanss and mcdowells interpretations of frege are strained.
Sense now it is plausible to connect with a sign name, word combination. The indirect reference of a word is accordingly its customary sense. Russells objections to freges theory 7 russells objections to freges theory of sense and reference by john r. 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. 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. 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. Potentially important distinction that frege is going to ignore. After a short introduction, it explains the puzzle which gave rise to the distinction. A relation between objects, or between names or signs of objects.
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. Frege and the logic of sense and reference kevin c. Frege begins on sense and reference with the claim that identity sameness raises difficult questions. Freges distinction between sense and reference makin. Kripke the city university of new york, graduate center abstract. The former roughly corresponds to conceptual content and the latter to. 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.
As frege says at the outset of on sense and reference, identity gives rise to challenging questions. This is the statement of the problem he uses to motivate his semantic account in on sense and reference. Frege tried to account for it in a way consistent with his. The differentiate between sense and reference english. 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.
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. Sense and reference by gottlob frege 25 identity1 gives rise to challenging questions which are not altogether easy to answer. Gottlob frege on sense and reference excerpt1 english translation of part of gottlob frege. Technical sense frege gives themwill be translated as reference and sense, each time. Logicism and the notion of begriffsschrift 4 the theory of sinn and bedeutung 8. 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. A study of these authors is thus an excellent introduction to a good range of the most important contemporary debates in philosophy. For ease of reference, the original pagination is indicated in. Frege on sense and reference ted sider phil language basic idea. On freges on sense and reference four important and plausible semantic principles. Frege, russell and wittgenstein have had a unique and powerful influence on almost all aspects of twentieth century analytic philosophy.