Abstract
According to the traditional account of propositional content, propositions are the primary bearers of truth. Here I argue that acts of predication are the primary bearers of truth. Propositions are types of these actions, and they inherit their truth-conditions from their tokens. Against this, many philosophers think that it is a category mistake to say that actions are true or false. Furthermore, even if we grant that token acts of predication have truth-conditions, there are reasons for doubting that types of these actions also have truth-conditions. I respond to these objections in this paper. I also clarify what it means for propositions to inherit truth-conditions from token acts of predication.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 558-574 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Philosophy |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2 2013 |
Keywords
- inheritance
- predication
- propositions
- truth
- types