%0 Journal Article %T LOS ENIGMAS DE RUSSELL, LA SOLUCI¨®N DE FREGE Y LA TEOR¨ªA CAUSAL DE LA REFERENCIA: UNA GU¨ªA INTRODUCTORIA AL DEBATE CL¨¢SICO DE LAS TEOR¨ªAS DEL SIGNIFICADO Y LA DENOTACI¨®N %A Mart¨ªnez %A Maximiliano %J Discusiones Filos¨®ficas %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X according to russell, a theory of denotation is succesful if it is able to solve this three puzzles: i) identity in opaque contexts, ii) violation of the law of excluded middle and iii) true negative existential propositions. in this paper i will explain, first of all, why russell thinks that freges's theory cannot solve the puzzles. in order to do this, i will examine frege's theory. secondly, i will explore russell's solution, focusing on his description theory. finally, while stating kripke's and putnam's criticisims to frege and russell theories, i will also outline kripke's theory. %K kripke %K putnam %K sense %K reference %K descriptions. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-61272007000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en