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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'Plurals and Complexes' and 'Rearrangement of Particles'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle
17587 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
17558 Variables are just like pronouns; syntactic explanations get muddled over dummy letters [Inwagen]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions
10671 Plural definite descriptions pick out the largest class of things that fit the description [Hossack]
5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification
10666 Plural reference will refer to complex facts without postulating complex things [Hossack]
10675 A plural comprehension principle says there are some things one of which meets some condition [Hossack]
10669 Plural reference is just an abbreviation when properties are distributive, but not otherwise [Hossack]
5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / d. Russell's paradox
10673 Plural language can discuss without inconsistency things that are not members of themselves [Hossack]
5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')
17583 There are no heaps [Inwagen]