Frege's Concept Horse Paradox shows difficulty in Frege's theory of semantics.Frege himself thinks the paradox originates from the necessity of language,and this view is shared by some other philosophers.In co...Frege's Concept Horse Paradox shows difficulty in Frege's theory of semantics.Frege himself thinks the paradox originates from the necessity of language,and this view is shared by some other philosophers.In contrast,Wright and Hale do not think that this paradox originates from the language but from Frege's own theory,which implicitly holds Reference Principle.However Trueman claims that this paradox can be ignited without Reference Principle.In this paper I argue that this ignition is essentially utilizing the Reference Principle.I also explain how the Reference Principle develops into its final formulation,in order to reply to Trueman'complaint.Furtherly,I defend Hale's revision of Frege's theory against Trueman's critics.展开更多
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文摘Frege's Concept Horse Paradox shows difficulty in Frege's theory of semantics.Frege himself thinks the paradox originates from the necessity of language,and this view is shared by some other philosophers.In contrast,Wright and Hale do not think that this paradox originates from the language but from Frege's own theory,which implicitly holds Reference Principle.However Trueman claims that this paradox can be ignited without Reference Principle.In this paper I argue that this ignition is essentially utilizing the Reference Principle.I also explain how the Reference Principle develops into its final formulation,in order to reply to Trueman'complaint.Furtherly,I defend Hale's revision of Frege's theory against Trueman's critics.
