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Full Idea
The Aboutness Assumption says that necessarily, if a proposition is directly about an entity, then that proposition stands in a relation to the entity. I shall argue that the Assumption is false.
Gist of Idea
I don't accept that if a proposition is directly about an entity, it has a relation to the entity
Source
Trenton Merricks (Propositions [2015], 5.VII)
Book Ref
Merricks,Trenton: 'Propositions' [OUP 2015], p.186
A Reaction
This feels sort of right, though the nature of aboutness remains elusive. He cites denials of existence. I take speech to be fairly internal, even though its main role is communication. Maybe its a Cambridge relation, as far as the entity is concerned.