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    Challenges→Fregean propositions are more fine-grained than Russellian propositions

    Without a stable individuation criterion, 'more fine-grained' loses determinate meaning, since Fregean propositions may be indeterminate in number rather than merely more numerous.

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    Key Terms

    Determinate meaning(whether 'omnipotent' has a real, concrete meaning)
    A clear, specific definition that actually tells us something definite about reality rather than being vague or unclear.
    Fregean propositions(as used in philosophy of language)
    A theory of propositions developed by philosopher Gottlob Frege, treating them as abstract meanings that combine individual senses (like 'the morning star' and 'the evening star' have different senses but refer to the same planet).
    Gottlob Frege(historical philosopher)
    A late 19th and early 20th-century German philosopher and logician who made fundamental contributions to understanding how language and meaning work.
    Indeterminate in number(in logic and metaphysics)
    Having an unclear or undefined quantity; not being able to say exactly how many there are.

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    Individuation criterion(used in metaphysics to explain how we distinguish between different properties or objects)
    A rule or standard that lets you identify what makes something uniquely itself and different from other things.
    fine-grained(Ontology of properties and criteria of individuation)
    Descriptive of individuation criteria or entities that make more distinctions; hyperintensional conditions are paradigmatically fine-grained

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