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| Abstract | The problem, or cluster of problems, of the unity of the proposition, along with the cluster of problems that tend to go under the name of Bradley’s regress, has recently again become a going concern for philosophers, after having for some time been regarded as primarily of historical interest. However, while I find the problems of sufficient interest that this tendency is in some ways laudable, my view, roughly put, is that when confusions and conflations are set aside, relatively easy solutions – perhaps one might say dissolutions – can be given of these problems. In this paper, I distinguish between the different problems that tend to be brought up under the heading of the unity of the proposition, and the different regress arguments brought up in connection with these problems, arguing that the problems, once clearly distinguished, can be dealt with rather straightforwardly. Along the way, I discuss solutions to these problems due, or purported to be due, to Russell, Frege and Wittgenstein, as well as more recent ideas defended by Jeffrey King, D.M. Armstrong and Chris Swoyer | |||||||||
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