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Frege's puzzle: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of language

puzzle of how true identity statements such as Hesperus is Phosphorus can be informative if names only stand for their objects.

In philosophy of language, Frege's puzzle refers to puzzle of how true identity statements such as Hesperus is Phosphorus can be informative if names only stand for their objects. This meaning comes from Frege (1948) in The Philosophical Review.[1]

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Frege, G. (1948). Sense and Reference. The Philosophical Review, 57(3), 209. https://doi.org/10.2307/2181485

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