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All the ideas for '', 'Cosmic Apprentice' and 'Building Blocks of Mathematical Logic'

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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

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If a sound conclusion comes from two errors that cancel out, the path of the argument must matter [Rumfitt]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

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The sense of a connective comes from primitively obvious rules of inference [Rumfitt]

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Standardly 'and' and 'but' are held to have the same sense by having the same truth table [Rumfitt]

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

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Variables are auxiliary notions, and not part of the 'eternal' essence of logic [Schönfinkel]

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

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We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt]