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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic
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Inferences are surely part of the causal structure of the world [Fodor]
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5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 5. Modus Ponens
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Modus ponens is one of five inference rules identified by the Stoics [Chrysippus, by Devlin]
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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle
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Every proposition is either true or false [Chrysippus, by Cicero]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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Names are rigid, making them unlike definite descriptions [Kripke, by Sainsbury]
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Names are rigid designators, which designate the same object in all possible worlds [Kripke]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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A bundle of qualities is a collection of abstractions, so it can't be a particular [Kripke]
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A name can still refer even if it satisfies none of its well-known descriptions [Kripke]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
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Some references, such as 'Neptune', have to be fixed by description rather than baptism [Kripke, by Szabó]
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Proper names must have referents, because they are not descriptive [Kripke, by Sainsbury]
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A name's reference is not fixed by any marks or properties of the referent [Kripke]
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