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    It is not the case that Frege's context principle entails that propositional sense is individuated by truth-conditions, so a false proposition and a fact cannot share identity conditions at all.

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    • 1.The context principle concerns meaning-determination, not identity-conditions, so it doesn't entail conclusions about identity.
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    • 2.A false proposition can still be individuated by the same conditions as a fact (what would make it true), differing only in truth-value.
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    • 3.Sense and identity-conditions are distinct notions; individuating sense by truth-conditions doesn't preclude shared identity-conditions.
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    • 1.Frege's context principle holds that meaning depends on sentential role, not isolated reference to objects or facts.
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    • 2.Truth-conditions exhaust what distinguishes one proposition's sense from another within Frege's framework.
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    • 3.False propositions lack corresponding facts, so they cannot share the identity conditions that facts possess.
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