Livre | Chapitre
The names of the true
pp. 67-85
Résumé
Frege's claim that sentences are names of truth-values, I argue, was drawn to fit the formal project, but it respects our pre-theoretical intuitions and does not undermine the sentence's central semantic role. I do a minimal work both on the expression and on its referent, connecting the sentence and the definite description, suggesting an intuitive referent for a true sentence, suggesting a motive for Frege's choice of the truth-values as referents, and finally suggesting an understanding of the False as a referent.
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Coliva Annalisa, Leonardi Paolo, Moruzzi Sebastiano (2018) Eva Picardi on language, analysis and history. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 67-85
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95777-7_4
Citation complète:
Leonardi Paolo, 2018, The names of the true. In A. Coliva, P. Leonardi & S. Moruzzi (eds.) Eva Picardi on language, analysis and history (67-85). Dordrecht, Springer.