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All the ideas for 'Propositions', 'The iterative conception of Set' and 'Brandom on Social Practices and Representations'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

19090

If we can't check our language against experience, philosophy is just comparing beliefs and words [Rorty]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / h. Axiom of Replacement VII

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Do the Replacement Axioms exceed the iterative conception of sets? [Boolos, by Maddy]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

9455	Maybe proper names have the content of fixing a thing's category [Bealer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

9454	The four leading theories of definite descriptions are Frege's, Russell's, Evans's, and Prior's [Bealer]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

9453	Sentences saying the same with the same rigid designators may still express different propositions [Bealer]

9452	Propositions might be reduced to functions (worlds to truth values), or ordered sets of properties and relations [Bealer]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense

9451	Modal logic and brain science have reaffirmed traditional belief in propositions [Bealer]