In search of the actual historical Frege

pp. 56-68

in: Mohanty, Logic, truth and the modalities, Berlin, Springer, 1999

Abstract

Hans Sluga has recently proposed reading Frege from an historical standpoint. He and several other Frege commentators have insisted that Frege's concept of sense is a cognitive and not a linguistic concept. With both of these suggestions, I am in general agreement. I will however comment on both and indicate how they are to be understood and within what limits.