In particular, Frege held as a special case of the Compositionality of Reference that a compound expression having a nonreferring part (as for example, 'the wife of the present king of France') must itself be nonreferring.
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In particular, Frege held as a special case of the Compositionality of Reference that a compound expression having a nonreferring part (as for example, 'the wife of the present king of France') must itself be nonreferring.
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