Full Idea
Whereas what is asserted can be said to be accurate, exaggerated, unfounded, overdrawn, probable, improbable, plausible, true, or false, none of these can be said of the meaning of a sentence.
Gist of Idea
Assertions, unlike sentence meanings, can be accurate, probable, exaggerated, false....
Source
Richard Cartwright (Propositions [1962], 12)
Book Reference
Cartwright,Richard: 'Philosophical Essays' [MIT 1987], p.50
A Reaction
That fairly firmly kicks into touch the idea that the assertion is the same as the meaning of the sentence.
Related Idea
Idea 13950 People don't assert the meaning of the words they utter [Cartwright,R]