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Full Idea
Despite its brilliant success in mathematics and fundamental science, classical logic applies uneasily to natural language.
Gist of Idea
Classical logic is good for mathematics and science, but less good for natural language
Source
Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 10.6)
Book Ref
Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.231
A Reaction
He gives examples of the conditional, and debates over the meaning of 'and', 'or' and 'not', and also names and quantifiers. Many modern philosophical problems result from this conflict.