https://emsenn.net/tags/semantics/ Recent content in Semantics on emsenn.net Hugo en-us Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/science/domains/linguistics/domains/semantics/texts/rigid-designation/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/science/domains/linguistics/domains/semantics/texts/rigid-designation/ <p>Kripke argues that some terms refer to the same object in every possible world where that object exists. Such terms are rigid designators.</p> <p>Rigid designation separates a term&rsquo;s reference from descriptive content that may vary across worlds.</p> https://emsenn.net/library/domains/science/domains/linguistics/domains/semantics/texts/sense-and-reference/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/science/domains/linguistics/domains/semantics/texts/sense-and-reference/ <p>Frege distinguishes between sense (mode of presentation) and reference (the thing referred to). Sense provides the cognitive route by which a term picks out its referent.</p> <p>This distinction helps explain how two expressions can refer to the same object while conveying different information.</p>