Single Idea 8169

[catalogued under 19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions]

Full Idea

No distinction can be drawn between a proposition and its content; no two distinct propositions can have the same content.

Gist of Idea

We can't distinguish a proposition from its content

Source

Michael Dummett (Thought and Reality [1997], 3)

Book Reference

Dummett,Michael: 'Thought and Reality (Gifford Lectures)' [OUP 2006], p.34


A Reaction

And one proposition cannot have two possible contents (ambiguity). Are we to say that a proposition supervenes on its content, or that proposition and content are identical? Ockham favours the latter.