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Frege's puzzle

Frege's puzzle proper noun: any of a number of puzzles about the semantics of proper names or indexicals.

Proper noun

Frege's puzzle (plural Frege's puzzles)

  1. Any of a number of puzzles about the semantics of proper names or indexicals.

Forms of Frege's puzzle

pluralFrege's puzzles

Origin of Frege's puzzle

After Gottlob Frege (1848–1925).

Questions about Frege's puzzle

What does Frege's puzzle mean?
Frege's puzzle means any of a number of puzzles about the semantics of proper names or indexicals.
What part of speech is Frege's puzzle?
Frege's puzzle is a proper noun.

Words near Frege's puzzle in the dictionary

  1. freeër
  2. freeëst
  3. fregatid
  4. fregatids
  5. Frege
  6. Frege's puzzle
  7. Frege-Geach problem
  8. Frege-Geach problems
  9. Frege-Russell logic
  10. Fregean
  11. Fregean quote

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