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All the ideas for 'works', 'Plural Quantification Exposed' and 'Consistency and realism (with 1972 note)'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6782	Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / n. Axiom of Comprehension

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A comprehension axiom is 'predicative' if the formula has no bound second-order variables [Linnebo]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

10781

A 'pure logic' must be ontologically innocent, universal, and without presuppositions [Linnebo]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Plural quantification depends too heavily on combinatorial and set-theoretic considerations [Linnebo]

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Can second-order logic be ontologically first-order, with all the benefits of second-order? [Linnebo]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

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The modern concept of an object is rooted in quantificational logic [Linnebo]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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We tolerate inconsistency in ethics but not in other beliefs (which reflect an independent order) [Williams,B, by Foot]