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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 2. Platonism in Logic
13473 Frege thinks there is an independent logical order of the truths, which we must try to discover [Frege, by Hart,WD]
     Full Idea: Frege thinks there is a single right deductive order of the truths. This is not an epistemic order, but a logical order, and it is our job to arrange our beliefs in this order if we can make it out.
     From: report of Gottlob Frege (works [1890]) by William D. Hart - The Evolution of Logic 2
     A reaction: Frege's dream rests on the belief that there exists a huge set of logical truths. Pluralism, conventionalism, constructivism etc. about logic would challenge this dream. I think the defence of Frege must rest on Russellian rooting of logic in nature.