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Ideas for Galen, Roy Sorensen and Scott Soames

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence

9119	No attempt to deny bivalence has ever been accepted [Sorensen]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

9135	We now see that generalizations use variables rather than abstract entities [Sorensen]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / a. Descriptions

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Indefinite descriptions are quantificational in subject position, but not in predicate position [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

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Recognising the definite description 'the man' as a quantifier phrase, not a singular term, is a real insight [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification

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The universal and existential quantifiers were chosen to suit mathematics [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 3. Antinomies

9125	Denying problems, or being romantically defeated by them, won't make them go away [Sorensen]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

9137	Banning self-reference would outlaw 'This very sentence is in English' [Sorensen]