Sense & Reference: Fictional Names

How do we understand the sense & reference of fictional objects? What objects do their names refer to, and what type of reality do they have?

We continue the Frege/Russell debate in linguistics by looking at the fictional work of science-fiction author Philip Jose Farmer.

Bertrand Russell voiced by Alexander Moneypenny.

Music sampled from Zoë Blade.

Artwork of Chibiabos Elgreco Winnegan by Crissha.s.art.

Works Cited:
Frege, Gottlob. “On Sense and Nominatum (1892).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 190–202.

Russell, Bertrand. “On Denoting (1905).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 203–211.

Russell, Bertrand. “Descriptions (1919).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 212–218.

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