Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Thomas Hofweber and Willard Quine
expand these ideas
|
start again
|
choose
another area for these philosophers
display all the ideas for this combination of philosophers
8 ideas
19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
|
21656
|
Proposition have no content, because they are content [Hofweber]
|
19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense
|
18967
|
A 'proposition' is said to be the timeless cognitive part of the meaning of a sentence [Quine]
|
|
21635
|
Without propositions there can be no beliefs or desires [Hofweber]
|
19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
|
21662
|
Do there exist thoughts which we are incapable of thinking? [Hofweber]
|
19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique
|
18968
|
The problem with propositions is their individuation. When do two sentences express one proposition? [Quine]
|
|
9007
|
It makes no sense to say that two sentences express the same proposition [Quine]
|
|
9008
|
There is no rule for separating the information from other features of sentences [Quine]
|
|
9010
|
We can abandon propositions, and just talk of sentences and equivalence [Quine]
|