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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Philosophical Investigations' and 'Material Beings'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

17587

The 'Law' of Excluded Middle needs all propositions to be definitely true or definitely false [Inwagen]

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

18743

Wittgenstein says we want the grammar of problems, not their first-order logical structure [Wittgenstein, by Horsten/Pettigrew]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

17558

Variables are just like pronouns; syntactic explanations get muddled over dummy letters [Inwagen]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

4139	Naming is a preparation for description [Wittgenstein]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

4946	A name is not determined by a description, but by a cluster or family [Wittgenstein, by Kripke]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')

17583

There are no heaps [Inwagen]