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'Truth and the Past', 'Naming and Necessity lectures' and 'On Concept and Object'
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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence
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Undecidable statements result from quantifying over infinites, subjunctive conditionals, and the past tense [Dummett]
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form
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A thought can be split in many ways, so that different parts appear as subject or predicate [Frege]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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Names are rigid, making them unlike definite descriptions [Kripke, by Sainsbury]
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Names are rigid designators, which designate the same object in all possible worlds [Kripke]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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A bundle of qualities is a collection of abstractions, so it can't be a particular [Kripke]
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A name can still refer even if it satisfies none of its well-known descriptions [Kripke]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
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Some references, such as 'Neptune', have to be fixed by description rather than baptism [Kripke, by Szabó]
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Proper names must have referents, because they are not descriptive [Kripke, by Sainsbury]
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A name's reference is not fixed by any marks or properties of the referent [Kripke]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')
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Surely there is no exact single grain that brings a heap into existence [Dummett]
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