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Sense and reference

In the philosophy of language, the distinction between sense and reference was an idea of the German philosopher and mathematician Gottlob Frege in 1892 (in his paper "On Sense and Reference"; German: "Über Sinn und Bedeutung"), reflecting the two ways he believed a singular term may have meaning.

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Avg. degree1.96
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related to Sense and description · 33
Sense and reference → Alexander, And, Aristotle, Because Frege, Bertrand Russell, Descriptions, Evans, For, Frege, Frege's, Gareth Evans, He, Hence, However, Hubert, Humphrey, In, John McDowell, McDowell, Michael Dummett
related to Antisthenes · 12
Sense and reference → According, Alexander, Antisthenes, Aphrodisias, Aristotle's, Comments, Prince's, Socrates, Susan Prince, The, The Greek, Topics
related to Stoicism · 3
Sense and reference → British, Sharples, The Stoic

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Sense and referencerelated to AntisthenesAristotle's0.60section
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