Contents -- Preface -- 1 The introduction of senses -- 1.1 Frege's argument -- 1.2 Exploring the argument -- 1.2.1 Prepositional attitudes -- 1.2.2 Information value -- 2 Sense identity -- 2.1 Models of the speaker -- 2.1.1 Ayer-Hahn monsters -- 2.1.2 Limited intellects -- 2.2 The strict interpretation -- 2.2.1 Arguments for the strict interpretation -- 2.2.2 Problems with the strict interpretation -- 3 Definitions -- 3.1 Analyticity -- 3.2 Concept formation -- 3.3 Fruitfulness and eliminability -- 3.3.1 Explicative definitions -- 3.3.2 Stipulative definitions -- 4 Sense and meaning -- 4.1 The conflict -- 4.2 Resolving the conflict -- 4.2.1 Indexicals -- 4.2.2 Language learning -- 5 A simple semantic model -- 5.1 Senses as procedures -- 5.2 Syntax -- 5.3 Semantics -- 5.3.1 Referents -- 5.3.2 Senses -- 6 Removal rules -- 6.1 Incomplete expressions -- 6.1.1 The conflict -- 6.1.2 Resolving the conflict -- 6.2 Defined expressions -- 7 Syntactic and semantic options -- 7.1 Syntactic options -- 7.2 Semantic options -- 8 Senses of incomplete expressions -- 8.1 A de re proposal -- 8.2 Complex incomplete senses -- 8.2.1 Developing the proposal -- 8.2.2 Examples and equivalencies -- 8.2.3 Evaluating the proposal -- 9 Afterword -- 9.1 Developing the procedural model -- 9.2 Two approaches to defined expressions -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.