2009
DOI: 10.1353/cjp.0.0056
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Propositions and Propositional Acts

Abstract: Suppose that John asks, ‘Is the window open?’ and Mary replies, ‘The window is open.’ Then John and Mary have produced two distinct utterances, and in doing so, they have performed two different kinds of speech act. But clearly there is something that these utterances have in common. According to the standard theory of speech acts, in these utterances different illocutionary forces have been applied to the same propositional content. Similarly, if John and Mary both believe that roses are red, the same proposi… Show more

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“…In this definition, Austin does not explain the difference between meaning and sense. Therefore, language philosophers tend to alter the notion of locutionary act with the propositional act (Sbisà, 2013) as propositions are related to the semantic properties of the utterance (Johnston, 2009;Sbisà, 2013). These semantic characteristics are linked to the temporal, demonstrative, and descriptive aspects of the propositional act (Johnston, 2009).…”
Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In this definition, Austin does not explain the difference between meaning and sense. Therefore, language philosophers tend to alter the notion of locutionary act with the propositional act (Sbisà, 2013) as propositions are related to the semantic properties of the utterance (Johnston, 2009;Sbisà, 2013). These semantic characteristics are linked to the temporal, demonstrative, and descriptive aspects of the propositional act (Johnston, 2009).…”
Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, language philosophers tend to alter the notion of locutionary act with the propositional act (Sbisà, 2013) as propositions are related to the semantic properties of the utterance (Johnston, 2009;Sbisà, 2013). These semantic characteristics are linked to the temporal, demonstrative, and descriptive aspects of the propositional act (Johnston, 2009). Thus, compared to Austin's locutionary act, the propositional act is more percise and thorough.…”
Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Duží and Jespersen propose that propositions are abstract procedures (Duží, 2019; Jespersen, 2012, 2019). Crawford, Johnston, and Jubien discuss versions of the act‐type theory as replacements for a theory of propositions (Crawford, 2014; Johnston, 2009; Jubien, 2001). 4 There are related ideas in the history of philosophy, discussed in Moltmann & Textor (2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…59 Recently, some authors have defended different versions of the view of propositions as types. For example, Johnston (2009) and Hanks (2015) developed different views of propositions as acttypes. Dummett (1996) and Soames (2010) developed different views of propositions as types whose tokens are mental or linguistic events.…”
Section: Dog Dogmentioning
confidence: 99%