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All the ideas for 'The Privileged Present: A-Theory', 'Semantics for Natural Languages' and 'Intro to III: Quantifiers'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

9465	Substitutional universal quantification retains truth for substitution of terms of the same type [Jacquette]

9466	Nominalists like substitutional quantification to avoid the metaphysics of objects [Jacquette]

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

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Davidson rejected ordinary meaning, and just used truth and reference instead [Davidson, by Soames]

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Davidson aimed to show that language is structured by first-order logic [Davidson, by Smart]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / g. Growing block

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Neither 'moving spotlight' nor 'growing block' views explain why we care what is present or past [Zimmerman,DW]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

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A-theorists, unlike B-theorists, believe some sort of objective distinction between past, present and future [Zimmerman,DW]