The «One over Many» Argument for Propositions
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چکیده
The meanings of utterances and thoughts are commonly regarded in philosophical semantics as abstract objects, called «propositions», which account for how different can be synonymous constitute the primary truth-bearers. I argue that instead natural properties play causal roles world, kind «One over Many» thinking underlying characterization shared objects is misguided having truth-values virtue their does not entail themselves truth-bearers.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Contrastes
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1136-4076', '2659-921X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24310/contrastescontrastes.v28i1.13979