>Did you read it? Do you accept it?
Accept what specifically?
Here's what I understand you to be saying, and you're free to reframe this.
1. Propositions are ideas.
2. Ideas can only exist if they are conceived.
3. "The earth is round" is a proposition.
4. Therefore, "the earth is round" can only exist if it is conceived.
5. Truth and falsity are properties of propositions.
6. If something does not exist, it cannot have any properties.
6. If it is not conceived, "the earth is round" cannot exist.
7. "The earth is round" cannot have any properties.
8. Truth and falsity are not properties of "the earth is round".
Sounds reasonable. But how do we square this with:
1. "The earth is round" reflects a state of affairs about objective reality.
2. If something reflects a state of affairs about objective reality, it is true.
3. "The earth is round" is true.
There's nothing here about "the earth is round" needing to be conceived by someone.
One issue I would raise is the first argument's 1 and 2. Propositions don't just exist insofar as they are conceived. Representations of propositions, sure, but not propositions themselves.
Accept what specifically?
Here's what I understand you to be saying, and you're free to reframe this.
1. Propositions are ideas. 2. Ideas can only exist if they are conceived. 3. "The earth is round" is a proposition. 4. Therefore, "the earth is round" can only exist if it is conceived. 5. Truth and falsity are properties of propositions. 6. If something does not exist, it cannot have any properties. 6. If it is not conceived, "the earth is round" cannot exist. 7. "The earth is round" cannot have any properties. 8. Truth and falsity are not properties of "the earth is round".
Sounds reasonable. But how do we square this with:
1. "The earth is round" reflects a state of affairs about objective reality. 2. If something reflects a state of affairs about objective reality, it is true. 3. "The earth is round" is true.
There's nothing here about "the earth is round" needing to be conceived by someone.
One issue I would raise is the first argument's 1 and 2. Propositions don't just exist insofar as they are conceived. Representations of propositions, sure, but not propositions themselves.