Lexicon of Arguments

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I 56
Wright: Tractatus/Wittgenstein: object and proposition are formal terms.
>Tractatus.
I 283
Proposition/individuation/Wright: in contrast to the relation between a sentence and its meaning the content of a proposition individuates this.
Proposition is individuated by the content - sentence is not individuated by content.
>Individuation, >Propositions, >Sentences.
  A proposition could not be that proposition, unless it would be made true by this state of affairs.
>Truthmakers, >States of affairs, >Facts.
A state of affairs could not be that state of affairs, unless it would make this proposition true.
((s) different with the sentence: it is more dependent on the formulation)
((s) difference sentence/proposition: a sentence is (rather) bound to time and place, a proposition is not).
>Timelessness.

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