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18489 | Connectives link sentences without linking their meanings [MacBride] |
Full Idea: The 'connectives' are expressions that link sentences but without expressing a relation that holds between the states of affairs, facts or tropes that these sentences denote. | |
From: Fraser MacBride (Truthmakers [2013], 3.7) | |
A reaction: MacBride notes that these contrast with ordinary verbs, which do express meaningful relations. |
18476 | 'A is F' may not be positive ('is dead'), and 'A is not-F' may not be negative ('is not blind') [MacBride] |
Full Idea: Statements of the form 'a is F' aren't invariably positive ('a is dead'), and nor are statements of the form 'a isn't F' ('a isn't blind') always negative. | |
From: Fraser MacBride (Truthmakers [2013], 2.1.4) | |
A reaction: The point is that the negation may be implicit in the predicate. There are many ways to affirm or deny something, other than by use of the standard syntax. |