Propositions

Trenton Merricks presents an original argument for the existence of propositions, and defends an account of their nature. He draws a variety of controversial conclusions, for instance about supervaluationism, the nature of possible worlds, truths about non-existent entities, and whether and how logical consequence depends on modal facts.

Trenton Merricks is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Objects and Persons (OUP, 2001), Truth and Ontology (OUP, 2007), and many articles in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: Propositions and Modal Validity
2: Logical Validity and Modal Validity
3: Propositions Are Not Sets of Possible Worlds
4: Against Structured Propositions
5: Singular Propositions
6: The Nature of Propositions
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Index