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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'On Propositions: What they are, and Meaning' and 'Logical Properties'

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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics
Semantics should not be based on set-membership, but on instantiation of properties in objects [McGinn]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 7. Extensional Semantics
Clearly predicates have extensions (applicable objects), but are the extensions part of their meaning? [McGinn]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
A proposition is what we believe when we believe truly or falsely [Russell]
Our important beliefs all, if put into words, take the form of propositions [Russell]
A proposition expressed in words is a 'word-proposition', and one of images an 'image-proposition' [Russell]