Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Oliver,A/Smiley,T, Proclus and Jerry A. Fodor

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic
2442 Inferences are surely part of the causal structure of the world [Fodor]
5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / d. and
12664 A truth-table, not inferential role, defines 'and' [Fodor]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
3005 'Jocasta' needs to be distinguished from 'Oedipus's mother' because they are connected by different properties [Fodor]
12648 Names in thought afford a primitive way to bring John before the mind [Fodor]
12650 'Paderewski' has two names in mentalese, for his pianist file and his politician file [Fodor]
5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification
14234 If you only refer to objects one at a time, you need sets in order to refer to a plurality [Oliver/Smiley]
14237 We can use plural language to refer to the set theory domain, to avoid calling it a 'set' [Oliver/Smiley]
5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 3. Logical Truth
14245 Logical truths are true no matter what exists - but predicate calculus insists that something exists [Oliver/Smiley]
5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 2. Consistency
12656 P-and-Q gets its truth from the truth of P and truth of Q, but consistency isn't like that [Fodor]