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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 1980

Series: Synthese Library

ISBN (Hardback): 9789400989511

ISBN (eBook): 9789400989498

Full citation:

Paul Gochet, Outline of a nominalist theory of propositions, Berlin, Springer, 1980

Outline of a nominalist theory of propositions

Paul Gochet

Contents

Introduction

1-14

The criterion of ontological commitment

15-33

The syntactic approach

34-44

A semantic definition of proposition in terms of truth and falsity

45-59

The pragmatic definition of proposition in terms of assertion or assertability

60-72

The nature of facts

73-86

The proposition in terms of belief

87-100

Propositions as meanings of sentences

101-123

An attempt at a new solution for the enigma of the meaning of false sentences

124-130

The identification criterion for propositions

131-148

Propositions and indirect discourse

149-184

Conclusion

Amy E. Varela

185-192