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All the ideas for 'Intro to Naming,Necessity and Natural Kinds', 'Principles of Theoretical Logic' and 'Theology and Verification'

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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]
4. Formal Logic / C. Predicate Calculus PC / 1. Predicate Calculus PC
17750 The first clear proof of the consistency of the first order predicate logic was in 1928 [Hilbert/Ackermann, by Walicki]
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]
18. Thought / C. Content / 8. Intension
5826 The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification
1470 Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]
1471 It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification
1469 Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]