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[from 'On Sense and Reference' by Gottlob Frege, in 19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference ]

Full Idea

Frege's Puzzle: If two sentences convey different information, they have different semantic roles, so the names 'Cicero' and 'Tully' are semantically different, in which case they are referentially different - but they are not referentially different.

Clarification

'Cicero' and 'Tully' are two names for the same person

Gist of Idea

Frege's Puzzle: from different semantics we infer different reference for two names with the same reference

Source

report of Gottlob Frege (On Sense and Reference [1892]) by Kit Fine - Semantic Relationism 2.A

Book Reference

Fine,Kit: 'Semantic Relationism' [OUP 2007], p.34


A Reaction

[this is my summary of Fine's summary] Given the paradox, the question is which of these premisses should be challenged. Fregeans reject their being referentially different. Referentialists reject the different semantic roles.