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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions
18779 'The' is a quantifier, like 'every' and 'a', and does not result in denotation [Montague]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics
8717 Hilbert wanted to prove the consistency of all of mathematics (which realists take for granted) [Hilbert, by Friend]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism
10113 The grounding of mathematics is 'in the beginning was the sign' [Hilbert]
10115 Hilbert substituted a syntactic for a semantic account of consistency [Hilbert, by George/Velleman]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism
10116 Hilbert aimed to prove the consistency of mathematics finitely, to show infinities won't produce contradictions [Hilbert, by George/Velleman]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism
1558 Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus]