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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]
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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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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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We don't normally think of names as having senses (e.g. we don't give definitions of them) [Searle]
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How can a proper name be correlated with its object if it hasn't got a sense? [Searle]
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'Aristotle' means more than just 'an object that was christened "Aristotle"' [Searle]
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Reference for proper names presupposes a set of uniquely referring descriptions [Searle]
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Proper names are logically connected with their characteristics, in a loose way [Searle]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')
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There are no heaps [Inwagen]
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