?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=On+the+Individuation+of+Fregean+Propositions&rft.creator=Branquinho%2C+Jo%C3%A3o&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+aim+of+the+paper+is+to+sketch+a+principle+of+individuation+that+is+intended+to+serve+the+Fregean+notion+of+a+proposition%2C+a+notion+I+take+for+granted.+A+salient+feature+of+Fregean+propositions%2C+i.e.+complexes+of+modes+of+presentation+of+objects+(individuals%2C+properties)%2C+is+that+they+are+fine-grained+items%2C+so+fine-grained+that+even+synonymous+sentences+might+express+different+Fregean+propositions.+My+starting+point+is+the+principle+labelled+by+Gareth+Evans+the+Intuitive+Criterion+of+Difference+for+Thoughts%2C+which+states+that+it+is+impossible+coherently+to+take+different+mental+attitudes+to+the+same+proposition.+As+a+logical+truth+(a+consequence+of+Leibniz%C2%92s+Law)%2C+this+is+a+synchronic+principle%2C+the+application+of+which+is+restricted+to+attitudes+held+at+a+single+time.+I+argue+that+such+a+restriction+might+be+reasonably+lifted+and%2C+on+the+basis+of+an+adequate+notion+of+attitude-retention%2C+I+propose+an+admissible+diachronic+extension+of+the+principle.&rft.publisher=Philosophy+Documentation+Centre%2C+Bowling+Green%2C+Ohio&rft.contributor=Kanamori%2C+Akihiro&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F405%2F1%2FBoston.htm&rft.identifier=++Branquinho%2C+Jo%C3%A3o++(2000)+On+the+Individuation+of+Fregean+Propositions.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F405%2F