Propositional content

Propositional content

by Hanks, Peter

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"Peter Hanks defends a new theory about the nature of propositional content. According to this theory, the basic bearers of representational properties are particular mental or spoken actions. Propositions are types of these actions, which we use to classify and individuate our attitudes and speech acts. Hanks abandons several key features of the traditional Fregean conception of propositional content, including the idea that propositions are the primary bearers of truth-conditions, the distinc…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Propositional content / Peter Hanks.

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"Peter Hanks defends a new theory about the nature of propositional content. According to this theory, the basic bearers of representational properties are particular mental or spoken actions. Propositions are types of these actions, which we use to classify and individuate our attitudes and speech acts. Hanks abandons several key features of the traditional Fregean conception of propositional content, including the idea that propositions are the primary bearers of truth-conditions, the distinction between content and force, and the concept of entertainment. The main difficulty for this traditional conception is the problem of the unity of the proposition, the problem of explaining how propositions have truth conditions and other representational properties. The new theory developed here, in its place, explains the unity of propositions and provides new solutions to a long list of puzzles and problems in philosophy of language."--Jacket

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
  • Place of Publication:Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 227 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0199684898, 9780199684892
  • oclc:on1041577903
  • LC Classification:BC181
  • Dewey Decimal:160

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

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Subjects

Attitude propositionnelle Contenus mentaux Proposition (Logic) Proposition (Logique)

Writers

Hanks, Peter

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