Ideas from 'The philosophical basis of intuitionist logic' by Michael Dummett [1973], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Truth and Other Enigmas' by Dummett,Michael [Duckworth 1978,0-7156-1650-1]].
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4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 2. Intuitionist Logic
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Dummett says classical logic rests on meaning as truth, while intuitionist logic rests on assertability [Kitcher]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
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Classical quantification is an infinite conjunction or disjunction - but you may not know all the instances
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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Stating a sentence's truth-conditions is just paraphrasing the sentence
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If a sentence is effectively undecidable, we can never know its truth conditions
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
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Meaning as use puts use beyond criticism, and needs a holistic view of language
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