Sinn

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Sinn is Gottlob Frege’s notion of “sense,” the mode of presentation through which a linguistic expression conveys its reference and cognitive significance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical concept
semantic notion
appliesTo sub-sentential expressions
whole sentences
associatedWithExample Morning Star and Evening Star GENERATED
considered objective
shareable among different thinkers
contrastedWith Bedeutung
coreThesis expressions with the same reference can have different senses
understanding an expression involves grasping its sense
describes mode of presentation of a reference
distinguishedFrom mental image
subjective idea
explains cognitive significance of an expression
informational content of an expression
field logic
philosophy of language
semantics
hasDebateOn number of senses per expression
objectivity of senses
psychologism vs anti-psychologism
relation to propositions
hasEnglishContrastTerm reference
hasEnglishName sense
hasRole determines reference
mediates between expression and object
influenced Fregean theories of meaning
Russellian theories of descriptions
analytic philosophy
contemporary philosophy of language
inSentenceHasObject truth-value as Bedeutung
introducedBy Gottlob Frege NERFINISHED
introducedInWork Über Sinn und Bedeutung
introducedInYear 1892
languageOfTerm German
relatedConcept cognitive value
intension
proposition
relatesTo linguistic expression
proper name
sentence
singular term
usedToSolve problem of informative identity statements
puzzle of a = a vs a = b

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