Philosophy Dictionary of ArgumentsHome
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| Meaning: Differs from the reference object (reference). The object does not have to exist for an expression to have a meaning. Words are not related to objects in a one-to-one correspondence. There is an important distinction between word meaning and sentence meaning. See also use theory, sentence meaning, reference, truth, meaning theory._____________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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P. Geach on Meaning - Dictionary of Arguments
I 28f Frege: sense/meaning. >Fregean sense, >Fregean meaning, >Sense, >Meaning. GeachVsRussell: false equivalence with "means"/"denotes" (refers to) in Principia Mathematica(1) Seeming parallel: a description contains "meaning" (Frege: Sinn) as a component, but not on this sense but about the objects. The description denotes. >Denotation, >Description. Signifiying expression/Russell: general term with a prefix, all, some, etc. >General terms. Meaning/Principia Mathematica: two phrases mean the same thing when they maintain the same assumption. >Meaning/Russell. Signify/Frege: two sentences mean the same when they have both the same truth value. >Truth value. Incomplete symbol/Russell/late: certain descriptions have no meaning. GeachVsRussell: this is misleading – rather: we do not need a single entity that corresponds to a specific description – E. g "There is a King…". >Incomplete symbols. 1. Whitehead, A.N. and Russel, B. (1910). Principia Mathematica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press._____________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. |
Gea I P.T. Geach Logic Matters Oxford 1972 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19