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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics
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Possible worlds semantics has a nice compositional account of modal statements [Mares]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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A proposition is what can be asserted or denied on its own [Chrysippus]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
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Unstructured propositions are sets of possible worlds; structured ones have components [Mares]
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If propositions are concrete they don't have to exist, and so they can't be necessary truths [Plantinga]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
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Propositions can't just be in brains, because 'there are no human beings' might be true [Plantinga]
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