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    Challenges→For an argument to be logically correct, the conclusion must logically follow from the premises (i.e., be a logical consequence of the premises), not merely follow materially

    If no stable boundary exists between logical and non-logical simple ideas, then 'logical consequence' in Bolzano's sense collapses back into a context-sensitive, pragmatic notion rather than a formal one.

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    Bolzano
    Bolzano refers to Bernhard Bolzano (1781–1848), an Austrian mathematician and philosopher who made important discoveries about how functions behave and how infinity works in mathematics. Though his work wasn't widely recognized during his lifetime, he's now considered a pioneer who helped lay the groundwork for modern calculus and logic. His most famous contribution is the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem, a fundamental principle in mathematics that helps us understand continuous functions and infinite sequences.
    Formal(Used by Emergentists to label the Essentialist/generative linguistics camp)
    Emergentist shorthand for referring to generative linguistics
    Pragmatic(as used in philosophy of language and meaning)
    Focused on practical, real-world effects and usefulness rather than just abstract theory.
    context-sensitive(Used to describe terms like 'I' and 'left' whose reference shifts with the context of use.)
    A term whose semantic value or referent varies depending on features of the context of utterance, such as the identity or orientation of the speaker.

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    logical consequence(WL II, 391–395; noted as similar to Tarski 1956, 419)
    A proposition s is a logical consequence of a set of premises σ if and only if s follows from σ with respect to the sequence of all extra-logical simple ideas contained in σ or s.
    logical vs. non-logical(as a distinction in formal logic)
    Logical ideas are the basic rules and principles that make reasoning work (like 'and,' 'or,' 'if-then'), while non-logical ideas are the specific subjects we reason about (like 'dog,' 'red,' 'happy').
    simple ideas(Empiricist epistemology as accepted by Price)
    Ideas that cannot be invented or constructed but must be acquired through immediate intuition via a power of immediate perception in the human mind.

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