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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic
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Frege has a judgement stroke (vertical, asserting or judging) and a content stroke (horizontal, expressing) [Frege, by Weiner]
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The laws of logic are boundless, so we want the few whose power contains the others [Frege]
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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic
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In 1879 Frege developed second order logic [Frege, by Putnam]
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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic
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Logic gives the method of research in philosophy [Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form
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Frege replaced Aristotle's subject/predicate form with function/argument form [Frege, by Weiner]
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives
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The logical connectives are not objects, but are formal, and need a context [Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
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A quantifier is a second-level predicate (which explains how it contributes to truth-conditions) [Frege, by George/Velleman]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification
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For Frege the variable ranges over all objects [Frege, by Tait]
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Frege's domain for variables is all objects, but modern interpretations first fix the domain [Dummett on Frege]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 3. Objectual Quantification
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Frege introduced quantifiers for generality [Frege, by Weiner]
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Frege reduced most quantifiers to 'everything' combined with 'not' [Frege, by McCullogh]
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5. Theory of Logic / H. Proof Systems / 1. Proof Systems
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Proof theory began with Frege's definition of derivability [Frege, by Prawitz]
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5. Theory of Logic / H. Proof Systems / 2. Axiomatic Proof
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Frege produced axioms for logic, though that does not now seem the natural basis for logic [Frege, by Kaplan]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / a. Achilles paradox
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The tortoise won't win, because infinite instants don't compose an infinitely long time [Russell]
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