'For the person or persons that hold dominion, can no more combine with the keeping up of majesty the running with harlots drunk or naked about the streets, or the performances of a stage player, or the open violation or contempt of laws passed by themselves than they can combine existence with non-existence'.

- Benedict de Spinoza. Political Treatise. 1677.




Friday, December 26, 2014

Philosophical Grammar 104


104.  “A proposition isn’t a mere series of sounds, it’s something more.” Don’t I see a sentence as part of a system of consequences



a proposition is a proposal – open to question – open to doubt – uncertain

a mere series of sounds may well be a proposition – i.e. modern jazz

a sentence can well be viewed as part of a system of consequences – but it can also be viewed as not



© greg t. charlton. 2014.