Two aspects of propositional unity
2013 ◽
Vol 43
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pp. 518-533
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The paper builds upon familiar arguments against identifying the proposition that Brutus stabbed Caesar with a given sequence containing Brutus, Caesar, and the stabs relation. It identifies a further problem, one that affects not only traditional Russellian accounts of propositions, but also the recent act-theoretic approach championed by Scott Soames and Peter Hanks. The problem is that there is no clear content to the idea that the pair < Brutus, Caesar> instantiates the stabs relation. It is argued that this further problem presents a decisive objection to the act-theoretic approach to propositions.
1986 ◽
Vol 19
(3)
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pp. 116-130
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1995 ◽
Vol 17
(2)
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pp. 196-214
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2011 ◽
Vol E94-A
(3)
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pp. 929-936
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2020 ◽
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