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4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 1. Propositional Logic

8077	Stoic propositional logic is like chemistry - how atoms make molecules, not the innards of atoms [Chrysippus, by Devlin]

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 2. Tools of Propositional Logic / d. Basic theorems of PL

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'Thinning' ('dilution') is the key difference between deduction (which allows it) and induction [Hacking]

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Gentzen's Cut Rule (or transitivity of deduction) is 'If A |- B and B |- C, then A |- C' [Hacking]

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Only Cut reduces complexity, so logic is constructive without it, and it can be dispensed with [Hacking]

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 2. Tools of Propositional Logic / e. Axioms of PL

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Chrysippus has five obvious 'indemonstrables' of reasoning [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]