On Stalnaker’s Simple Theory of Propositions

Propositions and counterpart theory

Schiffer’s new theory of propositions

Every fifteen years or so Stephen Schiffer writes a state of the art book on the philosophy of language, with special emphasis on belief ascriptions, meaning, and propositions. The latest is his terrific new book The Things we Mean. It is again full of ideas, insights, arguments, expositions, and theories. For us, however, who believe that that-clauses are first and foremost clauses, not referr...

Governance as theory: five propositions

Science in the Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XQ, UK, email: G.stokerK strathclyde.ac.uk His main research interests are in local government, urban politics, and cross-national policy transfer. Between 1992 and 1997 he was Director of the ESRC Local Governance Research Programme. He has authored or edited over a dozen books. His two most recent publications ar...

Simple Reasoning with Time-Dependent Propositions

Simple practical reasoning with propositions whose truth values depend on time is a matter of logical engineering. One needs an expressive language in which simple inferences are productive. Here's one approach, along with some algorithms for implementing it. We also consider reiied and non-reiied logics, and show that, contrary to a claim of Bacchus et. al., a reiied logic is more appropriate ...

An Extended Theory of Temporal Propositions

This paper presents an extended theory of temporal propositions based on a general time axiomatisation. The time axiomatisation characterises both intervals and points as primitive time elements on an equal footing. It is shown that this extended theory may subsume some existing theories, such as Allen’s interval-based theory of action and time, the correspondingly revised theory proposed by Ga...