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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Survival and Identity, with postscript' and 'The Thesis that Mathematics is Logic'

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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 3. If-Thenism

10066	Putnam coined the term 'if-thenism' [Putnam, by Musgrave]
	Full Idea: Putnam coined the term 'if-thenism'.
	From: report of Hilary Putnam (The Thesis that Mathematics is Logic [1967]) by Alan Musgrave - Logicism Revisited §5 n

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

16079	De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]
	Full Idea: Lewis is perhaps the most prominent proponent of the view that de re modal predicates are ambiguous.
	From: report of David Lewis (Survival and Identity, with postscript [1983]) by Lynne Rudder Baker - Why Constitution is not Identity n25

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

7903	The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]
	Full Idea: The six perfections are of giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom.
	From: Nagarjuna (Mahaprajnaparamitashastra [c.120], 88)
	A reaction: What is 'morality', if giving is not part of it? I like patience and vigour being two of the virtues, which immediately implies an Aristotelian mean (which is always what is 'appropriate').