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    Supports→The idea of reference-level propositions faces a reductio ad absurdum

    If true propositions are identical to facts at the reference level, then, per Dodd's critique, the unity of a proposition must derive from the unity of the fact—but fact-unity is itself philosophically unexplained, generating a vicious regress.

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    Dodd's critique(in philosophy of language and metaphysics)
    A philosophical argument made by Julian Dodd that challenges how we understand the relationship between propositions and facts.
    Reference level(in philosophy of language)
    The idea that words and statements get their meaning by pointing to or connecting with real things in the world.
    Unity of a proposition(in philosophy of language)
    The question of what makes the different parts of a statement (subject, verb, object) stick together as one meaningful thought rather than just a list of separate words.
    facts(Used as relata in form (1) of the correspondence theory)
    States of affairs that obtain; unlike states of affairs in general, facts cannot serve as meanings of false sentences without absurd consequences
    identity (in philosophy)

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    Sameness or whether two things are actually the same thing, not just very similar.
    propositions(Answer to the question of what metaphysical category propositions belong to)
    Entities belonging to a sui generis metaphysical category of their own kind, not reducible to other categories
    vicious regress(Used by Ryle as a reductio against intellectualist accounts of intelligence)
    An explanatory regress in which each explanatory step requires a further step of the same kind, preventing the explanation from ever being completed.

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