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The note, she said, asserted that "it was very sad that I had brought disgrace on my family and it would be there for generations".
Content is what is said, asserted, thought, believed, desired, hoped for, etc. Mental content is the content had by mental states and processes.
It is tempting to interpret this view as an appeal to a kind of fallacy of composition; just as someone who is both good and an author is not necessarily a good author, so too something that is both mentally asserted and vocally uttered is not necessarily "said" (asserted with utterance).
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"It taps into something essential about America," he said, asserting that the nation has "always been about discovery.
"He's a child," she said, asserting that Gray is not a public-safety threat.
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He would, he said, asserting that the trips are good for the city.
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"Look, it was a rhetorical response," Sanders said, asserting, in effect, that the President's words have no meaning.
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