If we construe assertively uttering a sentence exemplifying 'S is P' as asserting the proposition that A is A, then we fail to capture the point of the assertion.
An identity proposition is to be understood in this context as asserting no more than this; in particular it is not to be taken as asserting that the two naming expressions have the same meaning.
He was reported as asserting that whoever expects greater growth in Europe runs the risk of endangering their future.
Today, Mr. Bradley ridiculed Mr. Gore as asserting that registering all handguns and licensing all gun owners would be impractical.
Yet as well as asserting Palestinians' right to statehood, the Europeans should say what they cannot have: an unfettered right of return for refugees to modern-day Israel.
In my testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Dec. 4, I explained why I read the president's order as asserting that unbounded a power.
You quote a Cairo lawyer, Muhammed Monieb, as asserting that rapprochement with Iraq demonstrates support for Palestinians and opposition to Israel.
Of all the reforms Turkey is being asked to undertake to join the European club, none would transform it as deeply as asserting civilian authority over the generals.
"They're going to have to try to square the circle; in other words, not bring down the government at the same time as asserting their independence".
They even go as far as asserting that "mutilation is what is done in Africa", as though our community practises a more civilised, humane version.
As ruler of the eastern Frankish kingdom, Louis faced the challenge of maintaining the unity of a very diverse kingdom as well as asserting his place in the wider Carolingian world and protecting the frontiers from invaders.
