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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

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If a sound conclusion comes from two errors that cancel out, the path of the argument must matter [Rumfitt]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

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Standardly 'and' and 'but' are held to have the same sense by having the same truth table [Rumfitt]

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The sense of a connective comes from primitively obvious rules of inference [Rumfitt]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

7746	We don't normally think of names as having senses (e.g. we don't give definitions of them) [Searle]

7747	How can a proper name be correlated with its object if it hasn't got a sense? [Searle]

7748	'Aristotle' means more than just 'an object that was christened "Aristotle"' [Searle]

7749	Reference for proper names presupposes a set of uniquely referring descriptions [Searle]

7750	Proper names are logically connected with their characteristics, in a loose way [Searle]