Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Oswald Veblen, Stanislaw Lesniewski and John Hick

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic
We have no adequate logic at the moment, so mathematicians must create one [Veblen]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
Class membership is not transitive, unlike being part of a part of the whole [Lesniewski, by George/Van Evra]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification
It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]
Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification
Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]