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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Anselm's Argument' and 'The Thesis that Mathematics is Logic'

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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 3. If-Thenism

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Putnam coined the term 'if-thenism' [Putnam, by Musgrave]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

1422	God's existence is either necessary or impossible, and no one has shown that the concept of God is contradictory [Malcolm]