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Ideas for 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication', 'Dispositional Essentialism and the Laws of Nature' and 'Cratylus'

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

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A name is a sort of tool [Plato]

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A name-giver might misname something, then force other names to conform to it [Plato]

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Things must be known before they are named, so it can't be the names that give us knowledge [Plato]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

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Anyone who knows a thing's name also knows the thing [Plato]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Saying 'they can become a set' is a tautology, because reference to 'they' implies a collection [Cargile]