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Recent Work on Propositions
Author(s) -
Hanks Peter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2009.00208.x
Subject(s) - metaphysics , epistemology , focus (optics) , philosophy of language , substitution (logic) , work (physics) , philosophy of science , philosophy , sociology , linguistics , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , optics
Propositions, the abstract, truth‐bearing contents of sentences and beliefs, continue to be the focus of healthy debates in philosophy of language and metaphysics. This article is a critical survey of work on propositions since the mid‐90s, with an emphasis on newer work from the past decade. Topics to be covered include a substitution puzzle about propositional designators, two recent arguments against propositions, and two new theories about the nature of propositions.