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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'New Proof of Possibility of Well-Ordering' and 'Words without Objects'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

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The 'Law' of Excluded Middle needs all propositions to be definitely true or definitely false [Inwagen]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

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Variables are just like pronouns; syntactic explanations get muddled over dummy letters [Inwagen]

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If plural variables have 'some values', then non-count variables have 'some value' [Laycock]

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

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Plurals are semantical but not ontological [Laycock]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')

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There are no heaps [Inwagen]