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Expression: phrase, word, formula, or part of a formula. Below the level of sentences, therefore not true or false.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Gottlob Frege on Expressions - Dictionary of Arguments

II 29ff
Expression: "The capital of the German Empire" represents a proper name; here meaning an object.>Concept
, >Object.

"Capital of the" is unsaturated. "German Empire" is saturated.
>unsaturated.

Expression of a function: "The capital of x".
>Function.

When we take the German Empire as an argument, we obtain Berlin as a function value.

An expression of a truth value does not assert anything yet.
>Truth value, >Assertion.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

F I
G. Frege
Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik Stuttgart 1987

F II
G. Frege
Funktion, Begriff, Bedeutung Göttingen 1994

F IV
G. Frege
Logische Untersuchungen Göttingen 1993


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