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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

1757	The Electra: she knows this man, but not that he is her brother [Eucleides, by Diog. Laertius]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

16461

We still lack an agreed semantics for quantifiers in natural language [Stalnaker]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

16448

Possible world semantics may not reduce modality, but it can explain it [Stalnaker]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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]

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

16446

Propositions presumably don't exist if the things they refer to don't exist [Stalnaker]