Single Idea 16380

[catalogued under 19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions]

Full Idea

The Russellian notion of a proposition is arguably a better candidate for the status of semantic content than the Fregean notion of a thought. For the proposition remains constant from one person to the next.

Gist of Idea

Russellian propositions are better than Fregean thoughts, by being constant through communication

Source

François Recanati (Mental Files [2012], 16.2)

Book Reference

Recanati,François: 'Mental Files' [OUP 2012], p.214


A Reaction

A good point, though I rebel against Russellian propositions because they are too much out in the world, and propositions strike me as features of minds. We need to keep propositions separate from facts.