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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
6851 We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk]
4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 6. Free Logic
9672 Free logic is one of the few first-order non-classical logics [Priest,G]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 2. Mechanics of Set Theory / a. Symbols of ST
9697 X1 x X2 x X3... x Xn indicates the 'cartesian product' of those sets [Priest,G]
9685 <a,b&62; is a set whose members occur in the order shown [Priest,G]
9675 a ∈ X says a is an object in set X; a ∉ X says a is not in X [Priest,G]
9674 {x; A(x)} is a set of objects satisfying the condition A(x) [Priest,G]
9673 {a1, a2, ...an} indicates that a set comprising just those objects [Priest,G]
9677 Φ indicates the empty set, which has no members [Priest,G]
9676 {a} is the 'singleton' set of a (not the object a itself) [Priest,G]
9679 X⊂Y means set X is a 'proper subset' of set Y [Priest,G]
9678 X⊆Y means set X is a 'subset' of set Y [Priest,G]
9681 X = Y means the set X equals the set Y [Priest,G]
9683 X ∩ Y indicates the 'intersection' of sets X and Y, the objects which are in both sets [Priest,G]
9682 X∪Y indicates the 'union' of all the things in sets X and Y [Priest,G]
9684 Y - X is the 'relative complement' of X with respect to Y; the things in Y that are not in X [Priest,G]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 2. Mechanics of Set Theory / b. Terminology of ST
9694 The 'relative complement' is things in the second set not in the first [Priest,G]
9693 The 'intersection' of two sets is a set of the things that are in both sets [Priest,G]
9692 The 'union' of two sets is a set containing all the things in either of the sets [Priest,G]
9698 The 'induction clause' says complex formulas retain the properties of their basic formulas [Priest,G]
9688 A 'singleton' is a set with only one member [Priest,G]
9687 A 'member' of a set is one of the objects in the set [Priest,G]
9695 An 'ordered pair' (or ordered n-tuple) is a set with its members in a particular order [Priest,G]
9696 A 'cartesian product' of sets is the set of all the n-tuples with one member in each of the sets [Priest,G]
9686 A 'set' is a collection of objects [Priest,G]
9689 The 'empty set' or 'null set' has no members [Priest,G]
9690 A set is a 'subset' of another set if all of its members are in that set [Priest,G]
9691 A 'proper subset' is smaller than the containing set [Priest,G]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 2. Mechanics of Set Theory / c. Basic theorems of ST
9680 The empty set Φ is a subset of every set (including itself) [Priest,G]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object
16066 Additional or removal of any part changes a thing, so people are never the same person [Epicharmus]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
436 A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics
6850 Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
442 Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
440 Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
441 Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
439 God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / c. Human Error
443 Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus]