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Ideas for 'works', 'Meditations' and 'Logical Necessity: Some Issues'

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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 3. If-Thenism

10054	Arithmetic and geometry achieve some certainty without worrying about existence [Descartes]
	Full Idea: Arithmetic, geometry and sciences of that kind only treat of things without taking any great trouble to ascertain whether they are actually existent or not, and contain some measure of certainty.
	From: René Descartes (Meditations [1641], §1), quoted by Alan Musgrave - Logicism Revisited §4
	A reaction: This is Musgrave's earliest quotation which seems to take the if-thenist view.

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

21878	Names have a subjective aspect, especially the role of our own name [Derrida]
	Full Idea: We can give a subjective account of names, by considering our own name.
	From: Jacques Derrida (works [1990]), quoted by Barry Stocker - Derrida on Deconstruction

21889	'I' is the perfect name, because it denotes without description [Derrida]
	Full Idea: 'I' is the perfect name, because it denotes without description.
	From: Jacques Derrida (works [1990]), quoted by Barry Stocker - Derrida on Deconstruction

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

21879	Even Kripke can't explain names; the word is the thing, and the thing is the word [Derrida]
	Full Idea: Even Kripke can't explain names, because the word is the thing, and also the thing is the word.
	From: Jacques Derrida (works [1990]), quoted by Barry Stocker - Derrida on Deconstruction