Structured propositions and the logical form of predication
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-017-1420-1
Abstract: Jeffrey King, Scott Soames, and others have recently challenged the familiar identification of a Russellian proposition, such as the proposition that Brutus stabbed Caesar, with an ordered sequence constructed out of objects, properties, and relations.… read more here.
Keywords: form predication; propositions logical; logical form; proposition ... See more keywords
Structured propositions and trivial composition
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-1853-1
Abstract: Structured propositions are often invoked to explain why intensionally equivalent sentences do not substitute salva veritate into attitude ascriptions. As the semantics is standardly developed—for example, in Salmon (Frege’s puzzle. Ridgeview, Atascadero, CA, 1986 ),… read more here.
Keywords: propositions trivial; semantic composition; structured propositions; semantics ... See more keywords