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Peter Hanks defends a new theory about the nature of propositional content, according to which the basic bearers of representational properties are particular mental or spoken actions. He explains the unity of propositions and provides new solutions to a long list of puzzles and problems in philosop...

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Main Author: Hanks, Peter (Peter W.) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Context and content.
Subjects:
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970.
Frege, Gottlob, > 1848-1925.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951.
Frege, Gottlob, > 1848-1925
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951
Proposition (Logic)
Language and logic.
Proposition (Logique)
Langage et logique.
PHILOSOPHY > Logic.
Language and logic
Proposition (logique)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Three pictures of content
  • The problem of the unity of the proposition
  • Predication and unity
  • Cancellation and the content-force distinction
  • Proper names and types of reference acts
  • Empty names
  • Propositional attitude reports
  • First-person propositions
  • Asking and ordering.