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John Perry Offers A Rethinking Of Gottlob Frege's Seminal Contributions To Philosophy Of Language. Frege's Innovations Provided The Basis Of Modern Logic, But His Influence In Other Areas Should Not Be Understated. For Instance, The View That He Developed In On Sense And Reference, The Most Studied Essay In The Philosophy Of Language, Dominated Twentieth-century Work In The Field And Continues To Be Very Influential. Perry Explains And Charts The Development Of Frege's Views In This Area, And Argues That His Doctrine Of Indirect Reference Directed Philosophy Of Language On A Long Detour From Which Only Now Can We Emerge. Perry Advocates A Move Away From Indirect Reference And Presents An Alternative Framework Which Does Not Require The Abandoning Of Circumstances In The References Of Sentences.-- 1.1 The Detour P. 1 -- 1.3 The Plan P. 8 -- 2 Frege's Begriffsschrift: Accomplishments P. 13 -- 2.1 Frege's Innovations P. 13 -- 2.2 Quantification P. 18 -- 2.3 Conceptual Content In The Begriffsschrift P. 21 -- 2.4 Carving Up Circumstances? P. 22 -- 2.5 Content Problems P. 25 -- 3 Frege's Begriffsschrift: Problems P. 26 -- 3.1 Background Fable P. 28 -- 3.2 Section 8 Of The Begriffsschrift P. 30 -- 3.3 Virtues Of Frege's Begriffsschrift Solution P. 35 -- 3.4 Shortcomings Of Frege's Begriffsschrift Solution P. 35 -- 3.5 Circumstances And Understanding P. 37 -- 4 Sense And Denotation: The Theory P. 40 -- 4.1 Frege's New Scheme P. 41 -- 4.2 What Are Senses And Thoughts? P. 42 -- 4.3 Concept Words P. 45 -- 4.4 Is There A Regress? P. 48 -- 4.5 Concepts And Extension P. 49 -- 4.6.1 Kerry's Problem P. 52 -- 4.6.2 Overburdening Sense P. 53 -- 5 On Sense And Denotation P. 56 -- 5.1 Names And Descriptions P. 57 -- 5.2 Modes Of Presentation And Definite Descriptions P. 58 -- 5.3 Proper Names P. 62 -- 5.4 Tolerable Situations P. 65 -- 5.5 Sentences And Truth-values P. 68 -- 5.6 The Senses And Denotations Of Sentences P. 71 -- 6 Solving The Identity Problems P. 74 -- 6.1 A Common Sense Solution P. 74 -- 6.2 Three Kinds Of Truth-conditions P. 79 -- 6.3 Wider Applications P. 82 -- 6.4 Two Solutions? P. 84 -- 7 Disarming The Slingshot P. 88 -- 7.1 Church's Argument P. 88 -- 7.2 A Reflexive-referential Analysis P. 91 -- 7.3 Two Conceptions Of Circumstances P. 92 -- 7.4 Quine, Føllesdal, And The Partial Recovery Of Subject Matter P. 93 -- 7.5 Can We Carve Up Content? P. 95 -- 8 Integrating Frege's Theories P. 96 -- 8.1 A Flexible Theory P. 97 -- 8.2 Truth In The Integrated Theory P. 100 -- 8.3 Frege And Copernicus P. 101 -- 8.4 Recapturing Our Innocence P. 105 -- 8.5 The Pragmatic Strategy P. 106 -- 9 Episodes And Attitudes P. 110 -- 9.1 Utterances And Truth P. 111 -- 9.2 Truth And Attitudes P. 113 -- 9.3 Logical Manipulation Puzzles P. 116 -- 9.4 Today And Tomorrow P. 118 -- 9.5 Kaplan's Contents And Frege's Contents P. 119 -- 9.6 Primitive Self-knowledge P. 120 -- 9.7 Roles And Senses P. 123 -- 9.8 More Possibilities P. 125 -- 9.9 Some Contrasts P. 127. John Perry. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.