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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / a. Sentence meaning

13467	Leibniz was the first modern to focus on sentence-sized units (where empiricists preferred word-size) [Leibniz, by Hart,WD]
	Full Idea: Leibniz seems to be the first modern philosopher to focus on sentence-sized units that he called propositions. The Empiricists among the moderns focused on word-sized units like ideas.
	From: report of Gottfried Leibniz (works [1690]) by William D. Hart - The Evolution of Logic 2
	A reaction: Historically, the sentential logic of the Stoics has a claim to have started this one. I find my initial sympathies to be with the empiricists.