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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Material Beings' and 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism'

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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]

8729	Intuitionists deny excluded middle, because it is committed to transcendent truth or objects [Shapiro]

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]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated

9204	Quine's arguments fail because he naively conflates names with descriptions [Fine,K on Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')

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There are no heaps [Inwagen]