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Frege on the sense of Predicate

In examining the sense of predicate we can find three important theses in Fregeʹs theory: 1- The mode of presentation of referent is contained in the sense of an expression. So, the sense of predicate contains the mode of presentation of concepts, as its referent. 2- The sense of predicate is unsaturated. 3- The sense of predicate is part of the sense of the sentence in which it occurs. Every given significant commentary for the sense of predicate violates at least one of the above theses. Also, Dummett and Klement give special commentary for unsaturatedness of the sense of predicate, but both of them are inconsistent with what appears from Frege. It seems, in general, that a proper explanation which will be consistent with all three theses cannot be given.