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Ideas for 'New System and Explanation of New System', 'Mathematical Methods in Philosophy' and 'U.S. Declaration of Independence'

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

18741	Logical formalization makes concepts precise, and also shows their interrelation [Horsten/Pettigrew]
	Full Idea: Logical formalization forces the investigator to make the central philosophical concepts precise. It can also show how some philosophical concepts and objects can be defined in terms of others.
	From: Horsten,L/Pettigrew,R (Mathematical Methods in Philosophy [2014], 2)
	A reaction: This is the main rationale of the highly formal and mathematical approach to such things. The downside is when you impose 'precision' on language that was never intended to be precise.