Quote: in 'Copernicus believed that ...' the nominata of the clause and its words are indirect and not truth-values; the clause acts as a noun

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In the instances thus far considered the words … itself is indirect, i.e., not a truth-value, but … one might even say, as a proper name … structure. [e.g., the proposition that ..., Copernicus believed that ..., it seems that ..., I forbid that ..., ...]   Google-1   Google-2

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