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Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Stephen P. Schwartz and David E. Cooper
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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]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP]
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The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
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If 'Queen of England' does not refer if there is no queen, its meaning can't refer if there is one [Cooper,DE]
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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]
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