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15802 | I use variables to show that each item remains the same entity throughout [Chisholm] |
Full Idea: My use of variables is not merely pedantic; it indicates that the various items on our list pertain to one and the same entity throughout. | |
From: Roderick Chisholm (Person and Object [1976], Intro 2) | |
A reaction: I am one of those poor souls who finds modern analytic philosophy challenging simply because I think in terms of old fashioned words, instead of thinking like mathematicians and logicians. This is a nice defence of their approach. |