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Ideas for Alfred Tarski, Max Weber and Ian Hacking

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4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 2. Tools of Propositional Logic / d. Basic theorems of PL

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'Thinning' ('dilution') is the key difference between deduction (which allows it) and induction [Hacking]

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Gentzen's Cut Rule (or transitivity of deduction) is 'If A |- B and B |- C, then A |- C' [Hacking]

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Only Cut reduces complexity, so logic is constructive without it, and it can be dispensed with [Hacking]

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 3. Truth Tables

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Truth tables give prior conditions for logic, but are outside the system, and not definitions [Tarski]