Re de re De dicto and de re are two phrases used to mark a distinction in intensional statements, associated with the intensional operators in many such statements. The distinction is used regularly in metaphysics and in philosophy of language. 1 re kommune 2 ‘De re’ and ‘de dicto’ have been used to label a host of different, albeit interrelated, distinctions. ‘ De dicto ’ means ‘of, or concerning, a dictum’, that is, something having representative content, such as a sentence, statement or proposition. 3 re tønsberg 4 Syntactically de re/de dicto: A sentence is syntactically de re just in case it contains a pronoun or free variable within the scope of an opacity verb that is anaphoric on or bound by a singular term or quantifier outside the scope of that verb. Otherwise, it is syntactically de dicto. 5 The de re / de dicto distinction describes the interaction of intensional operators and noun phrases in a sentence. The classic example ‘I want a sloop’ due to Quine () contrasts two readings: a desire for a particular sloop (de re) and ‘relief from slooplessness’ (de dicto). 6 De re definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary English Dictionary Sentences Grammar Definition of 'de re' Word Frequency de re in British English Latin (ˈdeɪ ˈreɪ) adjective logic, philosophy. 7 å re opp sengen 8 Re – tidligere kommune i Vestfold; Re i Gloppen – tettsted i Gloppen kommune i Sogn og I matematikken betegner Re den reelle delen av et komplekst tall. 9 Île de Ré (òg kalla Île de Rhé) er ei øy utanfor vestkysten av Frankrike nær La Rochelle, på nordsida av sundet Pertuis d'Antioche. 10