Über Sinn und Bedeutung

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Über Sinn und Bedeutung is a seminal 1892 philosophical paper by Gottlob Frege that introduces the influential distinction between sense (Sinn) and reference (Bedeutung) in the philosophy of language and logic.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic article
philosophical paper
addressesProblem cognitive value of identity statements
informative identity
author Gottlob Frege
claims sense determines reference
concerns mode of presentation
truth-value of sentences
countryOfOrigin Germany
distinguishes reference of an expression
sense of an expression
field logic
philosophy of language
hasEnglishTranslation On Sense and Reference
hasImpactOn philosophical logic of language
theories of meaning
theories of reference
hasKeyExample Hesperus
surface form: "Hesperus and Phosphorus"

the Morning Star and the Evening Star
influenced Bertrand Russell
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Rudolf Carnap
formal semantics
logic and foundations of mathematics
philosophy of language in the 20th century
introducesDistinction sense–reference distinction
isSeminalWorkIn philosophical logic
philosophy of language
mainConcept Bedeutung
Sinn
reference
sense
originalLanguage German
partOf Frege's project on the foundations of arithmetic
philosophicalTradition analytic philosophy
publicationYear 1892
publishedIn Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik
relatedConcept Fregean reference
Fregean semantics
Fregean sense
title Über Sinn und Bedeutung
topic identity statements
meaning of linguistic expressions
proper names
propositional attitude reports
translatedTitle On Sense and Reference

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Gottlob Frege notableWork Über Sinn und Bedeutung

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