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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

5637	Nowadays logic is seen as the science of extensions, not intensions [Scruton]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / d. Hume's Principle

8784	Neo-logicism founds arithmetic on Hume's Principle along with second-order logic [Hale/Wright]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / e. Caesar problem

8787	The Julius Caesar problem asks for a criterion for the concept of a 'number' [Hale/Wright]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

8788	Logicism is only noteworthy if logic has a privileged position in our ontology and epistemology [Hale/Wright]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism

8783	Logicism might also be revived with a quantificational approach, or an abstraction-free approach [Hale/Wright]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

5636	Cartesian 'ideas' confuse concepts and propositions [Scruton]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

8786	One first-order abstraction principle is Frege's definition of 'direction' in terms of parallel lines [Hale/Wright]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

5660	Allegiance is prior to the recognition of individual rights [Scruton]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

5653	A right is a power which is enforced in the name of justice [Scruton]