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'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Semantic Relationism' and 'Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy'
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5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 6. Entailment
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Entailment is logical requirement; it may be not(p and not-q), but that has problems [Mautner]
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5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 7. Strict Implication
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Strict implication says false propositions imply everything, and everything implies true propositions [Mautner]
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5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 8. Material Implication
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'Material implication' is defined as 'not(p and not-q)', but seems to imply a connection between p and q [Mautner]
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A person who 'infers' draws the conclusion, but a person who 'implies' leaves it to the audience [Mautner]
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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence
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Vagueness seems to be inconsistent with the view that every proposition is true or false [Mautner]
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic
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The usual Tarskian interpretation of variables is to specify their range of values [Fine,K]
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Variables can be viewed as special terms - functions taking assignments into individuals [Fine,K]
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It seemed that Frege gave the syntax for variables, and Tarski the semantics, and that was that [Fine,K]
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In separate expressions variables seem identical in role, but in the same expression they aren't [Fine,K]
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The 'algebraic' account of variables reduces quantification to the algebra of its component parts [Fine,K]
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'Instantial' accounts of variables say we grasp arbitrary instances from their use in quantification [Fine,K]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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Cicero/Cicero and Cicero/Tully may differ in relationship, despite being semantically the same [Fine,K]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
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Quantifiers turn an open sentence into one to which a truth-value can be assigned [Mautner]
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