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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

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Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

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If a sound conclusion comes from two errors that cancel out, the path of the argument must matter [Rumfitt]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

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Standardly 'and' and 'but' are held to have the same sense by having the same truth table [Rumfitt]

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The sense of a connective comes from primitively obvious rules of inference [Rumfitt]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / b. Intuitionism

9548	A mathematical object exists if there is no contradiction in its definition [Waterfield]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

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We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt]