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[catalogued under 19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions]

Full Idea

I shall distinguish a proposition expressed in words as a 'word-proposition', and one consisting of images as an 'image-proposition'.

Gist of Idea

A proposition expressed in words is a 'word-proposition', and one of images an 'image-proposition'

Source

Bertrand Russell (On Propositions: What they are, and Meaning [1919], §III)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'Logic and Knowledge', ed/tr. Marsh,Robert Charles [Routledge 1956], p.308


A Reaction

This, I think, is good, though it raises the question of what exactly an 'image' is when it is non-visual, as when a dog believes its owner called. This distinction prevents us from regarding all knowledge and ontology as verbal in form.