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Compositionality and Structured Propositions
Lorraine Juliano Keller, John A. Keller
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In this article, we evaluate the Compositionality Argument for structured propositions. This argument hinges on two seemingly innocuous and widely accepted premises: the Principle of Semantic Compositionality and Propositionalism (the thesis that sentential semantic values are propositions). We show that the Compositionality Argument presupposes that compositionality involves a form of building, and that this metaphysically robust account of compositionality is subject to counter-example: there are compositional representational systems that this principle cannot accommodate. If this is correct, one of the most important arguments for structured propositions is undermined.
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Keller, L. J., & Keller, J. A. (2013). Compositionality and Structured Propositions. Thought A Journal of Philosophy, 2(4), 313–323. https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.102
Keller, Lorraine Juliano, and John A. Keller. “Compositionality and Structured Propositions.” Thought A Journal of Philosophy, vol. 2, no. 4, 2013, pp. 313–23, https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.102.
Keller, Lorraine Juliano, and John A. Keller. 2013. “Compositionality and Structured Propositions.” Thought A Journal of Philosophy 2 (4): 313–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.102.
Keller, L.J. and Keller, J.A. (2013) ‘Compositionality and Structured Propositions’, Thought A Journal of Philosophy, 2(4), pp. 313–323. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.102.
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