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Propositions as truthmaker conditions

Jago, Mark

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MARK JAGO MARK.JAGO@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Philosophy



Abstract

Propositions are often aligned with truth-conditions. The view is mistaken, since propositions discriminate where truth conditions do not. Propositions are hyperintensional: they are sensitive to necessarily equivalent differences. I investigate an alternative view on which propositions are truthmaker conditions, understood as sets of possible truthmakers. This requires making metaphysical sense of merely possible states of affairs. The theory that emerges illuminates the semantic phenomena of samesaying, subject matter, and aboutness.

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Jago, M. (2017). Propositions as truthmaker conditions. Argumenta, 4(2), 293-308. https://doi.org/10.23811/47.arg2017.jag

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 15, 2016
Publication Date May 30, 2017
Deposit Date Dec 6, 2016
Publicly Available Date May 30, 2017
Journal Argumenta
Electronic ISSN 2465-2334
Publisher Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 2
Pages 293-308
DOI https://doi.org/10.23811/47.arg2017.jag
Keywords Propositions; Truthmakers; Hyperintensionality; Content; Meaning
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/828496
Publisher URL https://www.argumenta.org/article/propositions-truthmaker-conditions/
Additional Information Special issue on Thinking the (Im)possible.
Contract Date Dec 6, 2016

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