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All the ideas for 'The Courtier and the Heretic', 'Plural Quantification Exposed' and 'The Dappled World'

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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

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

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

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]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 10. Theocracy

7825	The politics of Leibniz was the reunification of Christianity [Stewart,M]