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2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

5831	The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / a. What makes truths

18901

Truthmakers are facts 'of' a domain, not something 'in' the domain [Sommers]

4. Formal Logic / A. Syllogistic Logic / 3. Term Logic

18904

'Predicable' terms come in charged pairs, with one the negation of the other [Sommers, by Engelbretsen]

18895

Logic which maps ordinary reasoning must be transparent, and free of variables [Sommers]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 4. Identity in Logic

18897

Predicate logic has to spell out that its identity relation '=' is an equivalent relation [Sommers]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

18893

Translating into quantificational idiom offers no clues as to how ordinary thinkers reason [Sommers]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / c. not

18903

Sommers promotes the old idea that negation basically refers to terms [Sommers, by Engelbretsen]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 7. Predicates in Logic

18894

Predicates form a hierarchy, from the most general, down to names at the bottom [Sommers]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

5829	We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP]

5830	The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Unfortunately for realists, modern logic cannot say that some fact exists [Sommers]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

9212	Possible states of affairs are not propositions; a proposition can't be a state of affairs! [Fine,K]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

9213	The actual world is a possible world, so we can't define possible worlds as 'what might have been' [Fine,K]

18. Thought / C. Content / 8. Intension

5826	The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

18898

In standard logic, names are the only way to refer [Sommers]