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'Necessary Existents', 'The Principles of Mathematics' and 'Empty Names'
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Proposition contain entities indicated by words, rather than the words themselves [Russell]
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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]
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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]
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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]
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