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Work #735 · Mid

On Sense and Reference

Gottlob Frege
1892 · German
Philosophical essay · German analytic philosophy / logicism

Frege's 1892 classic essay distinguishing Sinn (sense) from Bedeutung (reference)

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Attribute On Sense and Reference (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

On Sense and Reference

The timeless time of senses and references.

Space

On Sense and Reference

The semantic space of expressions.

Matter

On Sense and Reference

The expression in its material instantiation.

Observer

On Sense and Reference

The reasoning subject grasping sense and reference.

Energy

On Sense and Reference

Energies of semantic understanding.

Information

On Sense and Reference

Sense and reference as information.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

On Sense and Reference

Frege's Sinn/Bedeutung distinction: the cornerstone of twentieth-century philosophy of language; shaped Russell, Carnap, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Dummett, Evans.