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Single Idea 13989
[filed under theme 19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique
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Full Idea
There are no substantial propositions...There is just a relation between grammatical structure and the logical structure of facts. 'Proposition' denotes the same as 'sentence' or 'statement'. A proposition is not what I think, but what I think or talk in.
Gist of Idea
There are no propositions; they are just sentences, used for thinking, which link to facts in a certain way
Source
Gilbert Ryle (Are there propositions? [1930], 'Conclusions')
Book Ref
Ryle,Gilbert: 'Collected Essays 2 1929-1968' [Routledge 2009], p.39
A Reaction
The conclusion of Ryle's discussion, but I found his support for propositions much more convincing than his critique of them, or his attempt at an alternative linguistic account. He never mentioned animals, so he self-evidently hasn't grasped the problem.
The
15 ideas
with the same theme
[rejection of the existence of propositions]:
6094
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An inventory of the world does not need to include propositions
[Russell]
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6096
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I no longer believe in propositions, especially concerning falsehoods
[Russell]
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21712
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I know longer believe in shadowy things like 'that today is Wednesday' when it is actually Tuesday
[Russell]
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21724
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The main aim of the multiple relations theory of judgement was to dispense with propositions
[Russell, by Linsky,B]
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7534
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In 1906, Russell decided that propositions did not, after all, exist
[Russell, by Monk]
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13989
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There are no propositions; they are just sentences, used for thinking, which link to facts in a certain way
[Ryle]
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13982
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If we accept true propositions, it is hard to reject false ones, and even nonsensical ones
[Ryle]
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2610
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Talk of propositions is just shorthand for talking about equivalent sentences
[Ayer]
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9007
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It makes no sense to say that two sentences express the same proposition
[Quine]
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9008
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There is no rule for separating the information from other features of sentences
[Quine]
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9010
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We can abandon propositions, and just talk of sentences and equivalence
[Quine]
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18968
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The problem with propositions is their individuation. When do two sentences express one proposition?
[Quine]
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3968
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Propositions explain nothing without an explanation of how sentences manage to name them
[Davidson]
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12150
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Indexicals reveal big problems with the traditional idea of a proposition
[Perry]
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6631
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If propositions are abstract entities, how can minds depend on their causal powers?
[Lowe]
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