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All the ideas for 'The Logical Syntax of Language', 'works' and 'Experience First (and reply)'

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6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 1. Logical Consequence

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Carnap defined consequence by contradiction, but this is unintuitive and changes with substitution [Tarski on Carnap]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 4. Logic by Convention

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Each person is free to build their own logic, just by specifying a syntax [Carnap]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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It is nonsense that understanding does not involve knowledge; to understand, you must know [Dougherty/Rysiew]

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To grasp understanding, we should be more explicit about what needs to be known [Dougherty/Rysiew]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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Rather than knowledge, our epistemic aim may be mere true belief, or else understanding and wisdom [Dougherty/Rysiew]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

8478	Dewey argued long before Wittgenstein that there could not seriously be a private language [Dewey, by Orenstein]