Propositional Content

by Peter Hanks and Peter Hanks

Peter Hanks defends a new theory about the nature of propositional content. According to this theory, the basic bearers of representational properties are particular mental or spoken actions. Propositions are types of these actions, which we use to classify and individuate our attitudes and speech acts. Hanks abandons several key features of the traditional Fregean conception of propositional content, including the idea that propositions are the primary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198822715
• ISBN13: 9780198822714
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"