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Ideas for 'Elements of Mind', 'Survival and Identity, with postscript' and 'Necessary Beings'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 7. Second-Order Logic

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If second-order variables range over sets, those are just objects; properties and relations aren't sets [Hale]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 4. Logic by Convention

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Maybe conventionalism applies to meaning, but not to the truth of propositions expressed [Hale]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

4098	The theory of descriptions supports internalism, since they are thinkable when the object is non-existent [Crane]

5. Theory of Logic / H. Proof Systems / 4. Natural Deduction

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Unlike axiom proofs, natural deduction proofs needn't focus on logical truths and theorems [Hale]