Browsing by Author "Martin, Edwin Jr"

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Frege's Problems with "the Concept of Horse"
(Crítica. Revista Hispanoamericana De Filosofía, 1971-09) Martin, Edwin Jr
Fregean Incompleteness
(Philosophia (Philosophical Quarterly of Israel), 1983-10) Martin, Edwin Jr
The Fregean theory of syntax says what the meaningful parts of sentences are, and which combinations of those parts are meaningful. The Fregean theory of meaning says how the meaningful parts of a meaningful expression contribute to that expression's sense and reference.
A Note on Frege's Semantics
(Philosophical Studies, 1974-08) Martin, Edwin Jr
The Fregean theory of syntax says what the meaningful parts of sentences are, and which combinations of those parts are meaningful. The Fregean theory of meaning says how the meaningful parts of a meaningful expression contribute to that expression's sense and reference. The theory of syntax discerns two basic kinds of meaningful parts of sentences: proper names and function-names. Each function-name has a type determined by the number of argument places it has and the type of expression appropriate to each argument place. Every complex proper name is the result of completing a function name with expressions of the appropriate types (and conversely).
Referentiality in Frege's Grundgesetze
(History and Philosophy of Logic, 1982) Martin, Edwin Jr
In §§28-31 of his Grundgesetze der Arithmetik, Frege forwards a demonstration that every correctly formed name of his formal language has a reference. Examination of this demonstration, it is here argued, reveals an incompleteness in a procedure of contextual definition. At the heart of this incompleteness is a difference between Frege’s criteria of referentiality and the possession of reference as it is ordinarily conceived. This difference relates to the distinction between objectual and substitutional quantification and Frege’s vacillation between the two.