Predicative subject matter.

The notions of subject matter and aboutness have been objects of considerable attention among philosophers over the last few years. Current theories of subject matter take sentences to be the primary bearers of subject matter: "sentences have aboutness properties if anything has" (Yablo, Aboutness,...

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Publicado en:Philosophical Studies Vol. 181; no. 1; pp. 247 - 266
Autores principales: Plebani, Matteo, Spolaore, Giuseppe
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2024
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          https://ror.org/048tbm396 Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
          https://ror.org/00240q980 Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Piazza Capitaniato 3, 35139, Padua, Italy
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