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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Vindication of Religion (extract)' and 'The Thesis that Mathematics is Logic'

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5 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 3. If-Thenism

10066

Putnam coined the term 'if-thenism' [Putnam, by Musgrave]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

18933

Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / h. Respect

1460	Religious experience deserves the same respect as our other key experiences, and is best called 'holy' [Taylor,AE, by PG]