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Full Idea
A sentence's meaning is to do with its truth-value in various possible scenarios, AND the factors responsible for that truth-value.
Gist of Idea
Sentence-meaning is the truth-conditions - plus factors responsible for them
Source
Stephen Yablo (Aboutness [2014], Intro)
Book Ref
Yablo,Stephen: 'Aboutness' [Princeton 2014], p.2
A Reaction
The thesis of his book, which I welcome. I'm increasingly struck by the way in which much modern philosophy settles for a theory being complete, when actually further explanation is possible. Exhibit A is functional explanations. Why that function?