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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Empty Names' and 'Nature Without Essence'

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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 5. Incompleteness
We have no argument to show a statement is absolutely undecidable [Koellner]
     Full Idea: There is at present no solid argument to the effect that a given statement is absolutely undecidable.
     From: Peter Koellner (On the Question of Absolute Undecidability [2006], 5.3)
5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 6. Compactness
If a concept is not compact, it will not be presentable to finite minds [Almog]
     Full Idea: If the notion of 'logically following' in your language is not compact, it will not be locally presentable to finite minds.
     From: Joseph Almog (Nature Without Essence [2010], 02)