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'Intro to Naming,Necessity and Natural Kinds', 'works' and 'Isagoge ('Introduction')'
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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If we had to name objects to make existence claims, we couldn't discuss all the real numbers [Quine]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP]
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The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
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No sense can be made of quantification into opaque contexts [Quine, by Hale]
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Finite quantification can be eliminated in favour of disjunction and conjunction [Quine, by Dummett]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification
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Quine thought substitutional quantification confused use and mention, but then saw its nominalist appeal [Quine, by Marcus (Barcan)]
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