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Abstract₁

• Although this paper of Frege's is primarily on thoughts (the senses of complete indicative sentences) and is included here in the section on truth and meaning, it contains insightful and important discussions of many topics relevant to other areas of the philosophy of language, including indexicals, proper names, mood and speech acts, and an anticipation of some of Grice's observations on implicature.
• There is even a fascinatingly contemporary discussion on solipsism, phenomenalism and the causal theory of perception.
• This paper nicely complements "Frege (Gottlob) - On Sense and Reference" (1892).