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    Frege and early Russell held that logical relations between propositions are objective and mind-independent, not relative to individual credences.

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    • 1.Logical entailment (e.g., 'All men are mortal' entails 'Socrates is mortal') holds regardless of what anyone believes about it.
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    • 2.If logical relations were mind-dependent, contradictions could be true for some agents and false for others, making discourse impossible.
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    • 3.Mathematical proofs remain valid centuries after discovery, suggesting logical relations exist independently of contemporary credences.
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    • 1.Propositions themselves may be mind-dependent constructs; if so, their logical relations cannot be wholly objective.
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    • 2.Assessments of logical strength vary with background knowledge and rational frameworks, suggesting credence-relativity is unavoidable.
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    • 3.Early Frege-Russell logic excluded non-classical logics; modern logic shows logical relations depend on which system one adopts.
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