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Ideas for Melvin Fitting, John Dupr and Henry Laycock

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

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If plural variables have 'some values', then non-count variables have 'some value' [Laycock]

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]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Plurals are semantical but not ontological [Laycock]