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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity [Kaplan]

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

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Excluded middle says P or not-P; bivalence says P is either true or false [Colyvan]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 3. Löwenheim-Skolem Theorems

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Löwenheim proved his result for a first-order sentence, and Skolem generalised it [Colyvan]

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation

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Axioms are 'categorical' if all of their models are isomorphic [Colyvan]