Ideas from 'Mr Strawson on Logical Theory' by Willard Quine [1953], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Ways of Paradox and other essays' by Quine,Willard [Harvard 1976,0-674-94837-8]].

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Philosophy is largely concerned with finding the minimum that science could get by with

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 6. Logical Analysis

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Logicians don't paraphrase logic into language, because they think in the symbolic language

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

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Good algorithms and theories need many occurrences of just a few elements

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 2. Tools of Propositional Logic / a. Symbols of PL

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The logician's '→' does not mean the English if-then

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 6. Temporal Logic

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It is important that the quantification over temporal entities is timeless

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logical languages are rooted in ordinary language, and that connection must be kept

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

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Reduction to logical forms first simplifies idioms and grammar, then finds a single reading of it

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / e. Supposition conditionals

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Normally conditionals have no truth value; it is the consequent which has a conditional truth value

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

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If we understand a statement, we know the circumstances of its truth

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / f. Tenseless (B) series

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Quine holds time to be 'space-like': past objects are as real as spatially remote ones [Sider]