Sense and reference

In On Sense and Reference, Gottlob Frege analyzes the concept of identity statements. He aims to figure out what kind of relation equality is and solve an apparent puzzle that results from identity statements. Frege defines and uses the notions of sense and reference to explain the differences two types of identity claims, “a=a” and “a=b.” In this paper I will explain Frege’s puzzle and its application to identity statements and propositional attitude ascriptions. I will then give Frege’s solution to this puzzle and then offer an objection to Frege’s solution. I do not believe Frege’s solution to his puzzle is substantial enough. Frege begins by putting forward a puzzle that results from two types of identity statements. Frege first dismisses his old view that an identity statement is a relation between names. If one believes that “a=b” expresses a relation between the names “a” and “b”, then one is making a linguistic claim instead of a claim about the objects “a” and “b.” Frege then says…

There are different meanings for each word that is said in a language. Especially the English language. While Precession may have been looked at as angles of torque for physics or body mechanics; in astronomy precession refers to any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters. An example would be the steady change in the orientation of the axis of rotation of the Earth. How the earth rotates and what angle it is at changes many things. The sky we see today…

The concept of reference within semantics is described as when ‘…speakers indicate which things in the world are being talked about’ (Hurford et al: 2007). In semantics, reference is important as it examines language through the meaning we attach words. Notions such as variable and constant reference are especially important. Other notions that are taken into account are opaque context and equative sentences. When speakers indicate what they are talking about through different expressions this…

joker like me, you had more in the middle than anywhere else. The test was very vast and gave me a strong sense of where I was lacking. I don’t want to dwell on this but build myself up around areas I am strong (Bethel, 2014). Knowing the good, the bad and the middling can help more than we appreciate. Areas low on the totem for me were areas that are usually high for happy people, like myself. Optimism, time management and energy were some of the lowest scores on my self-assessment…

Groups are an essential part of our social life. Groups provide intimate relationships and a sense of belonging, something that we all need. There are two focus groups in which you can specifically place people in; these groups are called primary and secondary groups. An example of a primary group would be family; family can be a small group of people who have given you a sense of identity. Within this group, you typically would have more of an intimate or face-to-face relationship. The second…

intentional. Meaning the student knew exactly what they were doing when they chose to hand in a plagiarized paper for a grade. However if the student made an error in judgment and was not aware of citation errors or mistakes in references, then the punishments may not be as harsh as expulsion, it may be a paper on plagiarism and tutoring on how to properly cite…

terms of the APA format; and will be considered an acceptable written paper. During the paraphrasing method, the proper way to cite is by mentioning the author to which it was written and the year if using in-text citation; this is usually done at the end of the paraphrasing sentence where you’d place the citation. “Although, in some classes it’s not needed to include the page number; it’s completely up to the instructor’s themselves to make that call” (Wilhoit, 1997, p.1). This is normally…

FORMATTING: Basic formatting for an American Psychological Association style paper provides for a title page, an abstract, the main body of text and a references page. VII. SAFEASSIGN/ORIGINALITY REPORTS. Safeassign is a plagiarism detection program offered by Liberty University through the Blackboard learning system that is available to students and instructors as a means to assist in identifying unoriginal material in academic papers. This program compares student papers against billions…

It is in the ISO 9000:2000, included in the nomative reference of the ISO 9001: 2000 standard document, that the eight Quality Managemnt Principles are introduced. The fisrt three charpters of the ISO 9001:2000 just convey normal documentation guidelines to the reader. They contain very little substatntial information about the standard. Chapter one basically deals with the scope of the ISO 9001:2000 standards document with a clear focus on the advantage of customer satisfaction in the success…

and crafting. The above-mentioned were the “modern worker, who dependent on wage or salary, lodged in city flat or closely built-up suburb and held to the daily grind by family demands or other complicating circumstances, has watched for a chance to escape the cramping limitations of his surroundings, to take his life into his own hands and live it in the country, in a decent, simple kindly way” (Nearing, 1970, p. 11). The information needs of these would be homesteaders and the modern…