Single Idea 7313

[catalogued under 19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics]

Full Idea

Russell does not claim that Frege's notion of sense is incoherent, but rather that it is superfluous.

Gist of Idea

'Sense' is superfluous (rather than incoherent)

Source

report of Bertrand Russell (On Denoting [1905]) by Alexander Miller - Philosophy of Language 2.9

Book Reference

Miller,Alexander: 'Philosophy of Language' [UCL Press 1998], p.67


A Reaction

My initial reaction to this is that the notion of strict and literal meaning (see Idea 7309) is incredibly useful. Some of the best jokes depend on the gap between implications and strict meaning. How could metaphors be explained without it?

Related Idea

Idea 7309 Frege's 'sense' is the strict and literal meaning, stripped of tone [Frege, by Miller,A]