Single Idea 7534

[catalogued under 19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique]

Full Idea

With a characteristic readiness to abandon views that he had previously considered definitively correct, Russell declared in 1906 that there were, after all, no such 'things' as propositions. It is judgements that are true or false.

Gist of Idea

In 1906, Russell decided that propositions did not, after all, exist

Source

report of Bertrand Russell (On the Nature of Truth and Falsehood [1910]) by Ray Monk - Bertrand Russell: Spirit of Solitude Ch.6

Book Reference

Monk,Ray: 'Bertrand Russell: Spirit of Solitude' [Vintage 1997], p.188


A Reaction

Written 1906. Russell developed a 'multiple relation theory of judgement'. But if a judgement is an assessment of truth or falsehood, what is it that is being assessed?

Related Idea

Idea 13980 If you like judgments and reject propositions, what are the relata of incoherence in a judgment? [Ryle]