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Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Crates (Theb) and Gareth Evans

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 8. Logic of Mathematics

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Classical logic is deliberately extensional, in order to model mathematics [Fitting]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

9038	We must distinguish what the speaker denotes by a name, from what the name denotes [Evans]

5824	How can an expression be a name, if names can change their denotation? [Evans]

9042	A private intention won't give a name a denotation; the practice needs it to be made public [Evans]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

9041	The Causal Theory of Names is wrong, since the name 'Madagascar' actually changed denotation [Evans]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 3. Property (λ-) Abstraction

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λ-abstraction disambiguates the scope of modal operators [Fitting]