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'Thinking About Mathematics', 'New Essays on Human Understanding' and 'Parts'
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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic
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Logic teaches us how to order and connect our thoughts [Leibniz]
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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 3. If-Thenism
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At bottom eternal truths are all conditional [Leibniz]
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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle
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Intuitionists deny excluded middle, because it is committed to transcendent truth or objects [Shapiro]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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People who can't apply names usually don't understand the thing to which it applies [Leibniz]
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Philosophy is stuck on the Fregean view that an individual is anything with a proper name [Simons]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification
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Some natural languages don't distinguish between singular and plural [Simons]
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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation
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It is always good to reduce the number of axioms [Leibniz]
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