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'Metaphysics', 'Nominalism and Substitutional Quantifiers' and 'Instrospection'
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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 7. Second-Order Logic
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The nominalist is tied by standard semantics to first-order, denying higher-order abstracta [Marcus (Barcan)]
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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence
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For Aristotle bivalence is a feature of reality [Aristotle, by Boulter]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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Anything which refers tends to be called a 'name', even if it isn't a noun [Marcus (Barcan)]
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Nominalists see proper names as a main vehicle of reference [Marcus (Barcan)]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
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Nominalists should quantify existentially at first-order, and substitutionally when higher [Marcus (Barcan)]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification
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Quantifiers are needed to refer to infinitely many objects [Marcus (Barcan)]
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Substitutional semantics has no domain of objects, but place-markers for substitutions [Marcus (Barcan)]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification
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Maybe a substitutional semantics for quantification lends itself to nominalism [Marcus (Barcan)]
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Substitutional language has no ontology, and is just a way of speaking [Marcus (Barcan)]
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A true universal sentence might be substitutionally refuted, by an unnamed denumerable object [Marcus (Barcan)]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 2. Aporiai
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Aporia 3: Does one science investigate all being, or does each kind of being have a science? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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We must start with our puzzles, and progress by solving them, as they reveal the real difficulty [Aristotle]
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Aporia 4: Does metaphysics just investigate pure being, or also the characteristics of being? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 1: is there one science of explanation, or many? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 2: Does one science investigate both ultimate and basic principles of being? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 5: Do other things exist besides what is perceptible by the senses? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 9: Is there one principle, or one kind of principle? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 6: Are the basic principles of a thing the kinds to which it belongs, or its components? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 7: Is a thing's kind the most general one, or the most specific one? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 8: Are there general kinds, or merely particulars? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 10: Do perishables and imperishables have the same principle? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 11: Are primary being and unity distinct, or only in the things that are? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 12: Do mathematical entities exist independently, or only in objects? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 13: Are there kinds, as well as particulars and mathematical entities? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 15: Are the causes of things universals or particulars? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aporia 14: Are ultimate causes of things potentialities, or must they be actual? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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