If senses are individuated by cognitive significance rather than descriptive content, Kripke's counterexamples—which target descriptive content—leave the core Fregean framework intact.
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Sense (in philosophy of language)(what the statement says would need to be individuated (separated))
The meaning or concept of a word or phrase—what it *means* rather than just what it *refers to*. For example, 'the morning star' and 'the evening star' refer to the same thing (Venus) but have different senses.
counterexample([IHT] arg. 2)
A possible obligational situation (casus possibilis positus) that verifies the antecedent and falsifies the consequent of an inference
descriptive content(Putnam's characterization, contrasted with causal theories of reference)
At its simplest, 'what is in one's head'
individuated by(in metaphysics and philosophy of identity)
The criteria or features that make something distinct and separate from other things; what makes it 'this one' rather than 'that one.'