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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

12766	Logical space is abstracted from the actual world [Stalnaker]
	Full Idea: Logical space is not given independently of the individuals that occupy it, but is abstracted from the world as we find it.
	From: Robert C. Stalnaker (Anti-essentialism [1979], p.85)
	A reaction: I very much like the second half of this idea, and am delighted to find Stalnaker endorsing it. I take the logical connectives to be descriptions of how things behave, at a high level of generality.

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

4730	For Aristotle, the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected a substance-accident structure of reality [Aristotle, by O'Grady]
	Full Idea: Aristotle apparently believed that the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected the substance-accident nature of reality.
	From: report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Paul O'Grady - Relativism Ch.4
	A reaction: We need not assume that Aristotle is wrong. It is a chicken-and-egg. There is something obvious about subject-predicate language, if one assumes that unified objects are part of nature, and not just conventional.