Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Hermarchus, Peter van Inwagen and Roy Sorensen

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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 / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

17587

The 'Law' of Excluded Middle needs all propositions to be definitely true or definitely false [Inwagen]

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

17558

Variables are just like pronouns; syntactic explanations get muddled over dummy letters [Inwagen]

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

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]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')

17583

There are no heaps [Inwagen]