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'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'The Logical Syntax of Language' and 'Empty Names'
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5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 1. Logical Consequence
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Carnap defined consequence by contradiction, but this is unintuitive and changes with substitution [Tarski on Carnap]
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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 4. Logic by Convention
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Each person is free to build their own logic, just by specifying a syntax [Carnap]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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Semantic theory should specify when an act of naming is successful [Sawyer]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
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Millians say a name just means its object [Sawyer]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
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Sentences with empty names can be understood, be co-referential, and even be true [Sawyer]
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Frege's compositional account of truth-vaues makes 'Pegasus doesn't exist' neither true nor false [Sawyer]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
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Definites descriptions don't solve the empty names problem, because the properties may not exist [Sawyer]
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