Gottlob Frege - On Sense and Reference
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This is a video lecture about Frege's groundbreaking 1892 paper 'On Sense and Reference', which is sometimes translated from the original German as 'On Meaning and Nominatum' though those are silly and obscure terms, so I don't use them. This is the second lecture in a philosophy of language course. This lecture covers the sense (mode of presentation) and reference (object referred to) of names, but also definite descriptions, and the fact that the sense of a full sentence is the proposition or thought expressed and the reference of a full sentence is the truth value of that sentence.
Very interesting. Made me think of C programming with pointers 😂
As a Latin teacher and linguist, this video hyped me up so much when I saw it. More philosophy of language!
By now I've read hundreds of philosophy papers, but On Sense and Reference is still my absolute favourite. To write something like that in the 19th century is just unbelievably brillant
I just plain love the way you present anything. Mind-blowing topics that are explained in a way that isn't dumbed down but is easily understandable.
You can't imagine how happy I was when I saw the notification! Frege is among my favorite thinkers (alongside Wittgenstein, Spinoza and Chomsky), and I'm glad one of the best teachers on TH-cam is covering him!
These videos are really fantastic, they are making topics that I find difficult to organize in my head crisp and clear. Thanks!
Interesting. I've been doing some reading on theories of language developed by neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists. Even as someone with training in that field, I find it frustrating that scientists seem to completely disregard prior theoretical frameworks developed by people outside their field, potentially ignoring valuable insight and risking "re-inventing the wheel." Most recently I've been reading Michael Tomasello's theory of language and trying to reconcile it with the traditional structuralist and post-structuralist semiotic theories more commonly studied in the liberal arts without much success. But having seen this video I actually think that Frege's framework might be the most compatible with the ideas presented by Tomasello.
I have a semantics class starting tomorrow and came to this because my instructor did not do a very good job of explaining Frege in his video. Now it makes sense to me.
As Anthony Flew expressed it, The Morning Star and The Evening Star have the same denotation (Venus) but different connotations. Another great lecture from a great teacher!
You’re absolutely brilliant. You’re presentations and explanation had me gripped to the screen for every second of the clip. Thank you!
Please don't stop making these videos. I am enchanted by them.
This is a fantastically presented lesson, and condensed but not watered down.
Exactly what the world needs. A deeper exploration of Sense and Reference .
I remember reading Wittengenstein mention Frege in Tractus when I was hired to read it cold as an audiobook. I knew nothing of either man’s work or anything about linguistics at the time. It was a difficult gig, that one. Thanks for your video!
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Your videos on this topic are the best I have run into.
I’m worried on how much I missed this channel. happy to see an upload
Man if someone had started my logic class with meaning of propositions from Stuart to Frege, it would have saved a whole shitload of confusion that exists to date. Well done Kaplan, you've earned a subscription.
Perfectly explained and exposited Prof. K! As usual, I must add. Thank you.
always lovely seeing new videos of you. i really appreciate these lectures