78. Sounding like a sentence. We don’t call everything ‘that sounds like
a sentence’ a sentence. – If we disregard sounding like a sentence do we still
have a general concept of proposition?
The example of a language in which the order of the words in a sentence
is the reverse of the present one.
a proposition is a proposal – that
which is proposed –
that which is put forward
whether that be a sentence – a piece of music – a work of art – or whatever
are we to say for instance that a grunt is a proposal?
probably not – but there might well be a context – in which a grunt raises
questions – raises doubts
‘The example of a language in which the order of the words in a sentence
is the reverse of the present one.’?
well as put here – it is a proposal – isn’t it?
© greg t. charlton. 2014.
