On the Ontological Status of Senses (Sinne) in Frege
Bar-Elli, Gilead - “On the Ontological Status of Senses (Sinne) in Frege”. In: Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, Vol. 71, N. 2-3, 2015, pp. 287-306.
DOI 10.17990/RPF/2015_71_2_0287
Bar-Elli, Gilead - “On the Ontological Status of Senses (Sinne) in Frege”. In: Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, Vol. 71, N. 2-3, 2015, pp. 287-306.
DOI 10.17990/RPF/2015_71_2_0287
On the Ontological Status of Senses (Sinne) in Frege
Author | Gilead Bar-Elli |
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Rights | © 2015 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural | © 2015 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
Volume | 71 |
Issue | 2-3 |
Pages | 287-306 |
Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
ISSN | 0870-5283; 2183-461X |
Date | 2015 |
DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2015_71_2_0287 |
Language | English |
Abstract | Resumo: Os sentidos para Frege são reais e objectivos, mas não são nem objectos nem funções. Eles são reais por causa da sua objectividade e por serem referências em contextos oblíquos. E, mesmo assim, eles não são objectos: eles não têm o modo de ser dos objectos – entidades identificáveis auto-subsistentes independentes – nem são funções. Assim, a ontologia de Frege inclui ainda uma outra categoria ontológica, a do sentido, que tem o seu próprio modo especial de ser. Entre as suas características encontra-se: a sua intencionalidade, a sua sobreveniência na referência, a compreensibilidade pela mente humana e a limitação pela linguagem. Assim, os sentidos cruzam as distinções ontológicas simples, como a mental / material. Palavras-chave: Frege, funções, objectividade, objectos, platonismo, referência, sentido Abstract: Fregean senses are real and objective, but neither objects nor functions. They are real because of their objectivity and their being references in oblique contexts. And yet they are not objects: they don’t have the mode of being of objects − independent self-subsistent identifiable entities − neither are they functions. Thus, Frege’s ontology includes another ontological category, that of sense, having its own special mode of being. Among its further characteristics are its intentionality, its supervenience on reference, its being graspable by the human mind and constrained by language. Thus, it crosses simple ontological distinctions like the mental / material one. Keywords: Frege, sense, reference, objects, function, objectivity, platonism |
Date Added | 28/07/2015, 12:02:17 |
Modified | 21/10/2015, 15:31:04 |
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