Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 61
That "and" has become the word for the conjunction by contingent circumstances has no consequences on the status of the true statement that p is implied by p and q. What a set of sentences means depends on conventions. What follows from a set of premises does not depend on them (formal).
>Convention, >Logical constants, >Logical truth, >Meaning/Nagel.
I 85
Logic/Nagel: logical judgments are based on our comprehension, but they are not a judgment about our ability of comprehension.
>Judgments, >Recognition.
I 94
Logical skepticism/NagelVsSkepticism/Nagel: we can never reach a point where there are two possibilities that are compatible with all evidence. I cannot imagine that I am in a similar realization situation where 2 + 2 = 5, but my brain would be confused, because I could not imagine that 2 + 2 = 5. The logical skeptic offers no level of reason.
There is no point that allows reviewing the logic without presupposing it.
Not everything can be revised. - Something has to be maintained in order to check that the revision is justified.