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Ideas for 'The Metaontology of Abstraction', 'On What There Is' and 'Spinoza's Ethics'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

1618	We study bound variables not to know reality, but to know what reality language asserts [Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

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Singular terms refer if they make certain atomic statements true [Hale/Wright]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated

8455	Canonical notation needs quantification, variables and predicates, but not names [Quine, by Orenstein]

8456	Quine extended Russell's defining away of definite descriptions, to also define away names [Quine, by Orenstein]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

1611	Names can be converted to descriptions, and Russell showed how to eliminate those [Quine]