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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'What Price Bivalence?' and 'The Language of Thought'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence
19043 Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
19042 Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
8090 Since the language of thought is the same for all, it must be something like logical form [Fodor, by Devlin]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
11143 If concept-learning is hypothesis-testing, that needs innate concepts to get started [Fodor, by Margolis/Laurence]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
7903 The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]