Full Idea
A successful account of the unity of the proposition tells us what unites the relevant constituents not merely into some entity or other, but into a proposition.
Gist of Idea
We want to explain not just what unites the constituents, but what unites them into a proposition
Source
Trenton Merricks (Propositions [2015], 4.X)
Book Reference
Merricks,Trenton: 'Propositions' [OUP 2015], p.155
A Reaction
Merrickes takes propositions to be unanalysable unities, but their central activity is representation, so if they needed uniting, that would be the place to look. Some people say that we unite our propositions. Others say the world does. I dunno.