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    Supports→The counterfactual account of proposition truth-conditions fails for propositions that are too complex for any finite mind to grasp.

    If propositional truth-conditions depend on possible tokening acts, then Fregean sense-independent propositions — accepted widely in anti-psychologistic semantics — are left without truth-conditions by the counterfactual account.

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    Anti-psychologistic semantics(philosophy of language)
    An approach to meaning that says the truth or falsity of statements depends on the world itself, not on what's going on in people's minds or how they think about things.
    Fregean
    "Fregean" refers to ideas or methods based on the work of Gottlob Frege, a German logician and philosopher from the late 1800s who is considered one of the founders of modern logic. Frege developed revolutionary ways of analyzing language and meaning, particularly the idea that words and sentences have both a sense (the way they present something) and a reference (what they actually point to in the world). His work fundamentally changed how philosophers and mathematicians think about logic, language, and the nature of truth.
    Possible tokening acts(philosophy of language)
    The various ways that a thought or statement could be expressed or written down. 'Tokening' means creating an instance of something—like how each time you write the word 'cat,' you're creating a new token of that word.
    Propositional truth-conditions(semantics and philosophy of language)

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    The specific facts or circumstances that would need to be true in order for a statement to be true. For example, the truth-condition for 'it's raining' is that water is actually falling from the sky.
    Sense-independent propositions(philosophy of language)
    Statements or thoughts whose truth doesn't depend on how they're expressed—the same idea stays true whether you say it in English, Spanish, or any other way.
    counterfactual account(Proposed as an analysis of the doing/allowing distinction)
    A method of distinguishing doing from allowing by asking whether the upshot would have occurred had the agent never existed

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