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Full Idea
Whereas what is asserted can be said to be accurate, exaggerated, unfounded, overdrawn, probable, improbable, plausible, true, or false, none of these can be said of the meaning of a sentence.
Gist of Idea
Assertions, unlike sentence meanings, can be accurate, probable, exaggerated, false....
Source
Richard Cartwright (Propositions [1962], 12)
Book Ref
Cartwright,Richard: 'Philosophical Essays' [MIT 1987], p.50
A Reaction
That fairly firmly kicks into touch the idea that the assertion is the same as the meaning of the sentence.
Related Idea
Idea 13950 People don't assert the meaning of the words they utter [Cartwright,R]
| 13951 | Assertions, unlike sentence meanings, can be accurate, probable, exaggerated, false.... [Cartwright,R] |
| 18052 | An assertion aims to add to the content of a context [Stalnaker, by Magidor] |
| 18121 | In logic a proposition means the same when it is and when it is not asserted [Bostock] |
| 18762 | A maxim claims that if we are allowed to assert a sentence, that means it must be true [McGee] |