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Ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'The Structure of Objects' and 'Principia Mathematica'

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

9542	The best known axiomatization of PL is Whitehead/Russell, with four axioms and two rules [Russell/Whitehead, by Hughes/Cresswell]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / p. Axiom of Reducibility

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Russell saw Reducibility as legitimate for reducing classes to logic [Linsky,B on Russell/Whitehead]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory

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Russell denies extensional sets, because the null can't be a collection, and the singleton is just its element [Russell/Whitehead, by Shapiro]

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We regard classes as mere symbolic or linguistic conveniences [Russell/Whitehead]

4. Formal Logic / G. Formal Mereology / 1. Mereology

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The 'aggregative' objections says mereology gets existence and location of objects wrong [Koslicki]