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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic
11211 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
11210 Standardly 'and' and 'but' are held to have the same sense by having the same truth table [Rumfitt]
11212 The sense of a connective comes from primitively obvious rules of inference [Rumfitt]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
13074 Only natural kinds and their members have real essences [Suárez, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial
11214 We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy
20558 Your representative owes you his judgement, and betrays you if he gives your opinion instead [Burke]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
7563 The old 'influx' view of causation says it is a flow of accidental properties from A to B [Suárez, by Jolley]