Single Idea 18035

[catalogued under 18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content]

Full Idea

It is commonly assumed that meaning and content can come apart: the sentence 'I am writing' and 'Ofra is writing' may have different meanings, even if, as currently uttered, they express the same content.

Gist of Idea

Two sentences with different meanings can, on occasion, have the same content

Source

Ofra Magidor (Category Mistakes [2013], 4.1)

Book Reference

Magidor,Ofra: 'Category Mistakes' [OUP 2013], p.80


A Reaction

From that, I would judge 'content' to mean the same as 'proposition'.