Frege on existence

Leila Haaparanta

pp. 155-174

in: Leila Haaparanta, Jaakko Hintikka (eds), Frege synthesized, Berlin, Springer, 1986

Abstract

In his philosophy of language Gottlob Frege strives to present the basic structure of language which is supposed to correspond to the structure of what is referred to. He makes a distinction between proper names, which refer to objects, and function-names, which refer to functions. Function-names include concept-words and relation-words, which stand for concepts and relations, respectively. Frege also assumes that, besides a reference (Bedeutung), each name has a sense (Sinn), through which the name is directed to its reference.¹

Cited authors

Frege Gottlob