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All the ideas for 'Roman Law', 'The philosophical basis of intuitionist logic' and 'Is Hume's Principle analytic?'

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7 ideas

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 2. Intuitionist Logic

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Dummett says classical logic rests on meaning as truth, while intuitionist logic rests on assertability [Dummett, by Kitcher]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification

19057

Classical quantification is an infinite conjunction or disjunction - but you may not know all the instances [Dummett]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

8693	An 'abstraction principle' says two things are identical if they are 'equivalent' in some respect [Boolos]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

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Stating a sentence's truth-conditions is just paraphrasing the sentence [Dummett]

19056

If a sentence is effectively undecidable, we can never know its truth conditions [Dummett]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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Meaning as use puts use beyond criticism, and needs a holistic view of language [Dummett]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / a. Right to punish

7294	No crime and no punishment without a law [Roman law]