Mitzie Clough: Ahm, if you're asking what the word "reference" means or how it's defined, then....1: the act of referring or consulting2: a bearing on a matter : relation 3: something that refers: as a: allusion , mention b: something (as a sign or indication) that refers a reader or consulter to another source of information (as a book or passage) c: consultation of sources of information 4. a work (as a dictionary or encyclopedia) containing useful facts or information d: denotation , meaning ...Show more
Cierra Gadbaw: Frege argued that reference cannot be treated as identical with meaning: "Hesperus" (an ancient Greek name for the evening star) and "Phosphorus" (an ancient Greek name for the morning star) both refer to Venus, but the astronomical fact that '"Hesperus" is "Phosphorus"' can still be informative, even if the 'meanings' of both "Hesperus" and "Phosphorus" are already known. This problem led Frege to distinguish between the sense and reference of a ! word....Show more
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