Full Idea
Our talk of propositions expresses commitment to the general notion of content, without a commitment to any particular way of spelling this out.
Gist of Idea
Propositions commit to content, and not to any way of spelling it out
Source
JC Beall / G Restall (Logical Pluralism [2006], 2.1)
Book Reference
Beall,J/Restall,G: 'Logical Pluralism' [OUP 2006], p.12
A Reaction
As a fan of propositions I like this. It leaves open the question of whether the content belongs to the mind or the language. Animals entertain propositions, say I.