Single Idea 19200

[catalogued under 19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions]

Full Idea

The thesis that propositions are sets of possible worlds is one of the two leading accounts of the nature of propositions. The other leading account endorses structured propositions.

Gist of Idea

Propositions are standardly treated as possible worlds, or as structured

Source

Trenton Merricks (Propositions [2015], Intro)

Book Reference

Merricks,Trenton: 'Propositions' [OUP 2015], p.-3


A Reaction

Merricks sets out to reject both main views. I take the idea that propositions actually are sets of possible worlds to be ridiculous (though they may offer a way of modelling them). The idea that they have no structure at all strikes me as odd.