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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Propositions are standardly treated as possible worlds, or as structured [Merricks]
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'Cicero is an orator' represents the same situation as 'Tully is an orator', so they are one proposition [Merricks]
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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 [Merricks]
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True propositions existed prior to their being thought, and might never be thought [Merricks]
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The standard view of propositions says they never change their truth-value [Merricks]
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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 [Merricks]
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Early Russell says a proposition is identical with its truthmaking state of affairs [Merricks]
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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? [Merricks]
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We want to explain not just what unites the constituents, but what unites them into a proposition [Merricks]
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