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Ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy' and 'Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 7. Second-Order Logic
21657 Since properties can have properties, some theorists rank them in 'types' [Hofweber]
5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 6. Entailment
6877 Entailment is logical requirement; it may be not(p and not-q), but that has problems [Mautner]
5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 7. Strict Implication
6880 Strict implication says false propositions imply everything, and everything implies true propositions [Mautner]
5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 8. Material Implication
6879 'Material implication' is defined as 'not(p and not-q)', but seems to imply a connection between p and q [Mautner]
6878 A person who 'infers' draws the conclusion, but a person who 'implies' leaves it to the audience [Mautner]
5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence
6889 Vagueness seems to be inconsistent with the view that every proposition is true or false [Mautner]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
21653 Maybe not even names are referential, but are just by used by speakers to refer [Hofweber]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms
21636 'Singular terms' are not found in modern linguistics, and are not the same as noun phrases [Hofweber]
21637 If two processes are said to be identical, that doesn't make their terms refer to entities [Hofweber]
5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
6890 Quantifiers turn an open sentence into one to which a truth-value can be assigned [Mautner]
21643 The inferential quantifier focuses on truth; the domain quantifier focuses on reality [Hofweber]