Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Ars Magna', 'How to Russell a Frege-Church' and 'Are Persons Bodies?'

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8 ideas

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

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Lull's combinatorial art would articulate all the basic concepts, then show how they combine [Lull, by Arthur,R]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

11989

For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism

11990

'Haecceitism' says that sameness or difference of individuals is independent of appearances [Kaplan]

9668	'Haecceitism' is common thisness under dissimilarity, or distinct thisnesses under resemblance [Kaplan]

11991

If quantification into modal contexts is legitimate, that seems to imply some form of haecceitism [Kaplan]

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

3238	'Dead person' isn't a contradiction, so 'person' is somewhat vague [Williams,B]

3239	You can only really love a person as a token, not as a type [Williams,B]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

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Nine principles of God: goodness, greatness, eternity, power, wisdom, will, virtue, truth and glory [Lull, by Arthur,R]