Truth, topicality, and transparency: one-component versus two-component semantics
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| Publication date | 06-2024 |
| Journal | Linguistics and Philosophy |
| Volume | Issue number | 47 | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 481-503 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
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| Abstract | When do two sentences say the same thing, that is, express the same content? We defend two-component (2C) semantics: the view that propositional contents comprise (at least) two irreducibly distinct constituents: (1) truth-conditions and (2) subject-matter. We contrast 2C with one-component (1C) semantics, focusing on the view that subject-matter is reducible to truth-conditions. We identify exponents of this view and argue in favor of 2C. An appendix proposes a general formal template for propositional 2C semantics. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-023-09408-y |
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