What are Propositions?
What are Propositions?
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发表时间：
2013
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0.9
通讯作者：
M. Richard
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作者：
M. Richard
本文捍卫的观点是，命题——也就是由补语从句和量词的范围所选择的东西，就像在“Sanna相信Matti所说的一切”中那样——是事物的状态。事物的状态——以及命题——在最初的意义上不是表征性的；什么是表征性的，什么是真或假首先是表征命题的心理状态和句子表征。有人认为，在派生意义上，命题是真理的载体，但在这种意义上，真理是派生的、非解释性的概念。这一观点与斯科特·索姆斯在《意义是什么？》一书中提出的观点形成了对比。有人认为这种观点在很多方面都优于索姆斯的观点。
This paper defends the view that propositions – that is, what are picked about by complement clauses and the range of quantifiers like that in ‘Sanna believes all that Matti said' – are states of affairs. States of affairs – and thus propositions – are not, in the primary sense, representational; what is representational and what is true or false in the first instance are mental states and sentence tokens that represent propositions. There is, it is argued, a derivative sense in which propositions are bearers of truth, but truth in that sense is a derivative, non-explanatory notion. This view is contrasted with views like the one Scott Soames develops in What is Meaning?. It's argued that this view is superior to Soames' in various ways.