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All the ideas for 'Tropes', 'The philosophical basis of intuitionist logic' and 'The Artworld'

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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

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

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8526	We might treat both tropes and substances as fundamental, so we can't presume it is just tropes [Daly]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes

8527	More than one trope (even identical ones!) can occupy the same location [Daly]

8528	If tropes are linked by the existence of concurrence, a special relation is needed to link them all [Daly]

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]

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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]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution

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A thing is only seen as art in an 'artworld', which has a theory and a history [Danto]