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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Laws of Thought' and 'On 'Physics''

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4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 1. Propositional Logic

8083	Boole applied normal algebra to logic, aiming at an algebra of thought [Boole, by Devlin]

7727	Boole's notation can represent syllogisms and propositional arguments, but not both at once [Boole, by Weiner]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

8686	Boole made logic more mathematical, with algebra, quantifiers and probability [Boole, by Friend]

5. Theory of Logic / H. Proof Systems / 2. Axiomatic Proof

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Boole's method was axiomatic, achieving economy, plus multiple interpretations [Boole, by Potter]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

16664

Everything that exists is either a substance or an accident [Albert of Saxony]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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God could make a successive thing so that previous parts cease to exist [Albert of Saxony]

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Successive entities just need parts to succeed one another, without their existence [Albert of Saxony]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]