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Ideas for 'Taking Rights Seriously', 'Logical Atomism' and 'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

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Existence can only be asserted of something described, not of something named [Russell]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms

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Russell gave up logical atomism because of negative, general and belief propositions [Russell, by Read]

6113	To mean facts we assert them; to mean simples we name them [Russell]

6114	'Simples' are not experienced, but are inferred at the limits of analysis [Russell]

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Better to construct from what is known, than to infer what is unknown [Russell]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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Classes are logical fictions, made from defining characteristics [Russell]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

6111	As propositions can be put in subject-predicate form, we wrongly infer that facts have substance-quality form [Russell]