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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic
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The physical world doesn't need logic, but the mental world does [Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle
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Questions wouldn't lead anywhere without the law of excluded middle [Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / e. or
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A disjunction expresses indecision [Russell]
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'Or' expresses hesitation, in a dog at a crossroads, or birds risking grabbing crumbs [Russell]
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'Or' expresses a mental state, not something about the world [Russell]
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Maybe the 'or' used to describe mental states is not the 'or' of logic [Russell]
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Disjunction may also arise in practice if there is imperfect memory. [Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / a. Descriptions
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Russell only uses descriptions attributively, and Strawson only referentially [Donnellan, by Lycan]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions
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A definite description can have a non-referential use [Donnellan]
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Definite descriptions are 'attributive' if they say something about x, and 'referential' if they pick x out [Donnellan]
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'The x is F' only presumes that x exists; it does not actually entail the existence [Donnellan]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / c. Grelling's paradox
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A 'heterological' predicate can't be predicated of itself; so is 'heterological' heterological? Yes=no! [Russell]
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