Ideas from 'Propositions' by Trenton Merricks [2015], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Propositions' by Merricks,Trenton [OUP 2015,978-0-19-873256-3]].
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2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument
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Arguers often turn the opponent's modus ponens into their own modus tollens
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3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth
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'Snow is white' only contingently expresses the proposition that snow is white
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4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 1. Modal Logic
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Simple Quantified Modal Logc doesn't work, because the Converse Barcan is a theorem
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4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 7. Barcan Formula
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The Converse Barcan implies 'everything exists necessarily' is a consequence of 'necessarily, everything exists'
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5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 1. Logical Models
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Sentence logic maps truth values; predicate logic maps objects and sets
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
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In twinning, one person has the same origin as another person
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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I don't accept that if a proposition is directly about an entity, it has a relation to the entity
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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A sentence's truth conditions depend on context
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Propositions are standardly treated as possible worlds, or as structured
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'Cicero is an orator' represents the same situation as 'Tully is an orator', so they are one proposition
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense
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Propositions are necessary existents which essentially (but inexplicably) represent things
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True propositions existed prior to their being thought, and might never be thought
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The standard view of propositions says they never change their truth-value
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
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Propositions can be 'about' an entity, but that doesn't make the entity a constituent of it
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Early Russell says a proposition is identical with its truthmaking state of affairs
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 5. Unity of Propositions
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Unity of the proposition questions: what unites them? can the same constituents make different ones?
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We want to explain not just what unites the constituents, but what unites them into a proposition
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