Monday 20 October 2014

Week Nine

1. What is the distinction between sense and reference?
2. What is the Millian view of what constitutes the meaning of a name? (We talked about this last time; if you don't remember google it). How does this fall foul of the puzzle Frege poses at the start of the paper? Is there any way of saving Millianism from this puzzle?
3. Empty names are names like 'Santa' 'Sherlock Holmes'. Do they have meaning? In virtue of what?
4. What does Frege mean by differing 'cognitive significance'?
5. Frege thinks senses are public. Do you agree?
6. Are senses descriptions? Why/why not?
7. What might the identity criteria for senses be?
8. What do you think of Frege's proposal that assertoric sentences name The True or The False?

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