Categoria: Curriculum Episteme
Foundations of Two-Component Semantics
Abstract: When do two sentences say the same thing, that is, express the same content? We defend two-component (2C) semantics, the view that propositional contents comprise pairs of irreducibly distinct components: (1) truth conditions, and (2) topic or subject matter. We present an abstract 2C formal semantics, which gives synonymy conditions while being neutral on the exact nature of subject matter. We contrast 2C with one-component semantics: the view that either truth conditions are reducible to subject matter, or vice versa. We discuss 1C-theories that utilize prominent ideas from Lewis, Fine, and Yablo, and argue for the superiority of 2C.
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