论涵义与指称

简介

The essay appeared in 1892 in the Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik. Frege starts from a puzzle: “a = a” is trivial and known a priori, whereas “a = b” can record an astronomical discovery. His solution distinguishes the reference (Bedeutung) of an expression, the object it stands for, from its sense (Sinn), the way in which that object is presented. He extends the distinction to whole sentences: their sense is a thought, their reference a truth value. In indirect speech, as in “Copernicus believed that the planetary orbits are circles”, expressions refer to their ordinary sense. With “Function and Concept” (1891) and “On Concept and Object” (1892), the essay is a foundation of modern philosophy of language.

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• 概念文字1879 · 戈特洛布·弗雷格

被承接于

• 弗雷格：语言哲学1973 · 迈克尔·达米特

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• 真理1959 · 迈克尔·达米特

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• 论指称1905 · 伯特兰·罗素
• 命名与必然性1972 · 索尔·克里普克
• “意义”的意义1975 · 希拉里·普特南

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