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Russells On Denoting and Freges On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and form the heart of the famous linguistic turn. The Metaphysicians of Meaning is the first book to challenge the accepted secondary work on these two seminal papers, forcing us to reconsider the interpretation of these two vitally important works on meaning.

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title The Metaphysicians of Meaning Russell and Frege On Sense and - photo 1
title:The Metaphysicians of Meaning : Russell and Frege On Sense and Denotation International Library of Philosophy
author:Makin, Gideon.
publisher:Taylor & Francis Routledge
isbn10 | asin:0415242266
print isbn13:9780415242264
ebook isbn13:9780203242674
language:English
subjectMeaning (Philosophy) , Russell, Bertrand,--1872-1970, Frege, Gottlob,--1848-1925.
publication date:2000
lcc:B840.M29 2000eb
ddc:121/.68/0922
subject:Meaning (Philosophy) , Russell, Bertrand,--1872-1970, Frege, Gottlob,--1848-1925.

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The Metaphysicians of Meaning

Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege are universally acknowledged as the founding fathers of Analytic Philosophy. Russells essay On Denoting and Freges On Sense and Reference propose theories which are arguably their authors most remarkable contributions to philosophy. Both remain at the forefront of contemporary discussion in philosophy of language and philosophical logic.

The Metaphysicians of Meaning takes a fresh look at these two seminal essays, challenging much of the accepted understanding of them. It forces us to reconsider their authors grounds for advancing them which, as Gideon Makin argues, have been generally misunderstood. Why did Russell and Frege abandon their former theories? What, in their views at the time, were the theoretical alternatives and reasons for adopting these new solutions? Even when these questions have been clearly distinguished they have received only partial answers.

Through a careful and historically sensitive examination of key passages in both essays, as well as of earlier workin Russells case including material published only recentlyMakin offers new perspectives on both theories. He proposes that Russells and Freges deliberations concerning key notions such as proposition, sense and thought are a novel form of doing metaphysics, and not of circumventing it by shifting attention to language. He also argues that these are inseparable from their authors occupation with the logicist enterprise in the philosophy of mathematics. Finally, the volume concludes that the shared ground between Russell and Frege is far greater than their differences.

The Metaphysicians of Meaning presents new insights into Russell and Frege and offers a new comparative discussion of their work. It will be essential reading for all students of philosophy of language and logic.

Gideon Makin is Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.

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The Metaphysicians of Meaning

Russell and Frege on sense and denotation

Gideon Makin

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The Metaphysicians of Meaning

Russell and Frege on sense and denotation

Gideon Makin

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London and New York

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First published 2000
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.

2000 Gideon Makin

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Makin, Gideon, 1954
The metaphysicians of meaning: Russell and Frege on sense and denotation/Gideon Makin.
p. cm.(International library of philosophy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Meaning (Philosophy) 2. Russell, Bertrand, 18721970. 3. Frege, Gottlob,
18481925. I. Title. II. Series.
B840.M29 2000
121.680922dc21 00055320

ISBN 0-203-47098-2 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-24267-X (OEB Format)

ISBN 0-415-24225-8 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-24226-6 (pbk)

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Contents

List of abbreviations

ix

Introduction

PART I
Russell

Russells first theory of denoting

IThe elements

11

IIThe mathematical context

13

IIIDenoting, definition and identity

16

IVThree essential elements

17

VPost-PoM developments

20

The collapse of the first theory and the discovery of the theory of descriptions

IIntroduction: the obscure passage in On Denoting

22

IIThe argument: the substantial round

24

(i)C2 is a different entity from C1

25

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