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Ideas for 'Counterpart theory and Quant. Modal Logic', 'Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy' and 'The Principles of Mathematics'

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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics

6899	The references of indexicals ('there', 'now', 'I') depend on the circumstances of utterance [Mautner]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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Proposition contain entities indicated by words, rather than the words themselves [Russell]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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If propositions are facts, then false and true propositions are indistinguishable [Davidson on Russell]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 5. Unity of Propositions

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A proposition is a unity, and analysis destroys it [Russell]

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Russell said the proposition must explain its own unity - or else objective truth is impossible [Russell, by Davidson]