CONNOTATION AND FREGE'S SEMANTIC DUALISM
The traditional distinction between Millian and Fregean theories of names presupposes that what Mill calls 'connotation' lines up with what Frege calls 'sense.' This presupposition is false. Mill's talk of connotation is an attempt to bring into view the line of thought that...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Illinois Press
2019
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| Summary: | The traditional distinction between Millian and Fregean theories of names presupposes that what Mill calls 'connotation' lines up with what Frege calls 'sense.' This presupposition is false. Mill's talk of connotation is an attempt to bring into view the line of thought that crystallizes in Frege's distinction between concept and object. This latter is the semantic dualism of my title. © 2019 University of Illinois. All rights reserved. |
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| ISBN: | 07400675 (ISSN) |
| DOI: | 10.2307/48573191 |