Tom, List, Speaking of ancient history, I recall first hearing these terms in my 8th grade English class, associated with stock exercises that required us to tease out the denotative and connotative meanings of various literary passages. "Silas Marner" and "Death of a Hired Man" and all that.
Peirce refers to J.S. Mill, whose concept of connotation he found "objectionable". ☞ http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-October/003090.html Frege's "Sinn und Bedeutung" is another landmark, often compared and contrasted with Peirce's POV. Regards, Jon On 2/21/2015 10:15 AM, Tom Gollier wrote:
Coming to these things via Peirce, I always thought "denotation" corresponded to extension or what Pierce called "logical breadth." However, perusing the internet the other day, it seems "denotation" has come to mean the dictionary definition, while connotation refer to associations we might make with a term. This distinction, such as it is, fits completely within the intension or logical depth of the term. Is this another one of the those re-definitions worked by modernism so as to bring everything within its framework? I'm thinking of what happened to realism and nominalism. And if so, does anyone have any historical details as to how this came about? Thanks, Tom
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