20787 | A proposition is what can be asserted or denied on its own [Chrysippus] |
22276 | Bolzano saw propositions as objective entities, existing independently of us [Bolzano, by Potter] |
23205 | Thought starts as ambiguity, in need of interpretation and narrowing [Nietzsche] |
14451 | Propositions are mainly verbal expressions of true or false, and perhaps also symbolic thoughts [Russell] |
21543 | If p is false, then believing not-p is knowing a truth, so negative propositions must exist [Russell] |
5781 | Our important beliefs all, if put into words, take the form of propositions [Russell] |
5782 | A proposition expressed in words is a 'word-proposition', and one of images an 'image-proposition' [Russell] |
5776 | A proposition is what we believe when we believe truly or falsely [Russell] |
6091 | Propositions don't name facts, because each fact corresponds to a proposition and its negation [Russell] |
14110 | Proposition contain entities indicated by words, rather than the words themselves [Russell] |
18711 | A proposition is any expression which can be significantly negated [Wittgenstein] |
13976 | 'Propositions' name what is thought, because 'thoughts' and 'judgments' are too ambiguous [Ryle] |
5162 | Sentences only express propositions if they are meaningful; otherwise they are 'statements' [Ayer] |
8169 | We can't distinguish a proposition from its content [Dummett] |
19158 | 'Humanity belongs to Socrates' is about humanity, so it's a different proposition from 'Socrates is human' [Davidson] |
14663 | Are propositions and states of affairs two separate things, or only one? I incline to say one [Plantinga] |
3085 | Sentences are different from propositions, since two sentences can express one proposition [Harman] |
13944 | We can pull apart assertion from utterance, and the action, the event and the subject-matter for each [Cartwright,R] |
13947 | 'It's raining' makes a different assertion on different occasions, but its meaning remains the same [Cartwright,R] |
16442 | I take propositions to be truth conditions [Stalnaker] |
16447 | A theory of propositions at least needs primitive properties of consistency and of truth [Stalnaker] |
6340 | There are Fregean de dicto propositions, and Russellian de re propositions, or a mixture [Horwich] |
7702 | The extreme views on propositions are Frege's Platonism and Quine's extreme nominalism [Jacquette] |
13962 | Two-dimensional semantics gives a 'primary' and 'secondary' proposition for each statement [Chalmers] |
10966 | A proposition objectifies what a sentence says, as indicative, with secure references [Read] |
9453 | Sentences saying the same with the same rigid designators may still express different propositions [Bealer] |
9452 | Propositions might be reduced to functions (worlds to truth values), or ordered sets of properties and relations [Bealer] |
19200 | Propositions are standardly treated as possible worlds, or as structured [Merricks] |
19206 | 'Cicero is an orator' represents the same situation as 'Tully is an orator', so they are one proposition [Merricks] |
21656 | Proposition have no content, because they are content [Hofweber] |
13233 | Propositions commit to content, and not to any way of spelling it out [Beall/Restall] |
23491 | There must exist a general form of propositions, which are predictabe. It is: such and such is the case [Morris,M] |
18920 | 'Socrates is wise' denotes a sentence; 'that Socrates is wise' denotes a proposition [Engelbretsen] |