A Defence of Fregean Propositions

Disputatio 2 (21):1 - 26 (2006)
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Stephen Schiffer 2003 presents six arguments against the Fregean model of propositions, according to which propositions are the referents of that-clauses and structured entities made out of concepts. Schiffer advances an alternative view: propositions are unstructured pleonastic entities. My purpose is to argue in favour of the main tenets of the Fregean model by countering each of Schiffer’s arguments and sketching the guidelines for a theory of concepts as basic components of propositions.

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Meaning.Paul Horwich - 1998 - New York: Oxford University Press.
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