Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Gottlob Frege and Palle Yourgrau
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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
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The reference of a word should be understood as part of the reference of the sentence [Frege]
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Co-referring terms differ if they have different causal powers [Fodor]
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We refer to individuals and to properties, and we use singular terms and predicates [Fodor]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference
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Frege's Puzzle: from different semantics we infer different reference for two names with the same reference [Frege, by Fine,K]
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Frege's 'sense' is ambiguous, between the meaning of a designator, and how it fixes reference [Kripke on Frege]
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Every descriptive name has a sense, but may not have a reference [Frege]
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Frege started as anti-realist, but the sense/reference distinction led him to realism [Frege, by Benardete,JA]
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The meaning (reference) of 'evening star' is the same as that of 'morning star', but not the sense [Frege]
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In maths, there are phrases with a clear sense, but no actual reference [Frege]
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We are driven from sense to reference by our desire for truth [Frege]
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Senses can't be subjective, because propositions would be private, and disagreement impossible [Frege]
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It is claimed that reference doesn't fix sense (Jocasta), and sense doesn't fix reference (Twin Earth) [Fodor]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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Expressions always give ways of thinking of referents, rather than the referents themselves [Frege, by Soames]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
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I may regard a thought about Phosphorus as true, and the same thought about Hesperus as false [Frege]
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