A defence of Fregean propositions

• Autores: Massimiliano Vignolo
• Localización: Disputatio, ISSN-e 0873-626X, Vol. 2, Nº. 21, 2006, págs. 1-26
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Stephen Schiffer 2003 presents six arguments against the Fregean model of propositions, according to which propositions are (a) the referents of that-clauses and (b) 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.