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[from 'Transworld Heir Lines' by David Kaplan, in 5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic ]

Full Idea

Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity.

Gist of Idea

Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity

Source

David Kaplan (Transworld Heir Lines [1967], p.97)

Book Reference

'The Possible and the Actual', ed/tr. Loux,Michael J. [Cornell 1979], p.97


A Reaction

An important observation, which explains why the modern obsession with logic has often led us down the metaphysical primrose path to ontological hell.