Philosophy, science, and common sense all refer to propositions--things we believe and say, and things which are true or false. But there is no consensus on what sorts of things these entities are. Jeffrey C. King, Scott Soames, and Jeff Speaks argue that commitment to propositions is indispensable, and each defend their own views on the debate.
Philosophy, science, and common sense all refer to propositions--things we believe and say, and things which are true or false. But there is no consensus on what sorts of things these entities are. Jeffrey C. King, Scott Soames, and Jeff Speaks argue that commitment to propositions is indispensable, and each defend their own views on the debate.
Jeffrey C. King is Professor II and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of Complex Demonstratives: A Quantificational Account (MIT Press, 2001), and The Nature and Structure of Content (Clarendon Press, 2007). Scott Soames is Distinguished Professor and Director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he taught for twenty-four years at Princeton University before moving to Southern California. He is the author of several books in the philosophy of language and the history of analytic philosophy. Jeff Speaks is Rev. John A. O'Brien Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several articles in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Part I - Common ground * 1: Jeffrey C. King: What role do propositions play in our theories? * 2: Jeff Speaks: What's wrong with semantic theories which make no use of propositions? * 3: Scott Soames: Why the traditional conceptions of propositions can't be correct * Part II - Three theories of propositions * 4: Jeffrey C. King: Naturalized propositions * 5: Jeff Speaks: Propositions are properties of everything or nothing * 6: Scott Soames: A cognitive theory of propositions * Part III - Critical essays * 7: Jeffrey C. King: Criticism of Soames and Speaks * 8: Jeff Speaks: Representational entities and representational acts * 9: Scott Soames: Critique of two views: propositions as properties and propositions as facts * Part IV - Further thoughts * 10: Jeffrey C. King: Reply to Speaks and Soames * 11: Jeff Speaks: Representation and structure in the theory of propositions * 12: Scott Soames: Clarifying and improving the cognitive theory to meet its explanatory burden * Bibliography * Index
* Introduction * Part I - Common ground * 1: Jeffrey C. King: What role do propositions play in our theories? * 2: Jeff Speaks: What's wrong with semantic theories which make no use of propositions? * 3: Scott Soames: Why the traditional conceptions of propositions can't be correct * Part II - Three theories of propositions * 4: Jeffrey C. King: Naturalized propositions * 5: Jeff Speaks: Propositions are properties of everything or nothing * 6: Scott Soames: A cognitive theory of propositions * Part III - Critical essays * 7: Jeffrey C. King: Criticism of Soames and Speaks * 8: Jeff Speaks: Representational entities and representational acts * 9: Scott Soames: Critique of two views: propositions as properties and propositions as facts * Part IV - Further thoughts * 10: Jeffrey C. King: Reply to Speaks and Soames * 11: Jeff Speaks: Representation and structure in the theory of propositions * 12: Scott Soames: Clarifying and improving the cognitive theory to meet its explanatory burden * Bibliography * Index
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