Force, content, and the unity of the proposition /

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Imprint:New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
©2022
Description:ix, 256 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy
Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13529513
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Other authors / contributors:Mras, Gabriele, editor.
Schmitz, Michael (Assistant professor), editor.
ISBN:9780367561130
0367561131
9781003105152
9781000517330
9781000517323
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This volume advances discussions between critics and defenders of the force-content distinction and opens new ways of thinking about force and speech acts in relation to the unity problem. The force-content dichotomy has shaped the philosophy of language and mind since the time of Frege and Russell. Isn't it obvious that, for example, the clauses of a conditional are not asserted and must therefore be something forceless only asserted through a proposition? Recently some philosophers have begun questioning this line of argument. How can a proposition be a unified truth-value bearer rather than just a mere list of words? They argue that the forceful act of a subject takes a position about how things are. The essays in this book address a variety of positions related to this lively debate. Force, Content, and the Unity of the Proposition will be of interest to researchers working in philosophy of language, philosophical logic, philosophy of mind, and linguistics"--
Other form:Online version: Force, content, and the unity of the proposition New York : Routledge, 2021 9781003105152