Frege's Pragmatics

Uncovering an aspect of Gottlob Frege's linguistic theorizing that has until now received little attention, this volume offers the first detailed exposition of Frege's pragmatics. Thorsten Sander explores his views on colouring, side—thoughts, presuppositions, indexicals and illocutionary force and closely relates these to current research in philosophy of language and linguistics.

Throughout his career, Frege was concerned with various secondary aspects of meaning. He claims, for instance, ...