In what sense, if any, is meaning compositional? Why does it matter?

Why is Frege’s account of quantification an important accomplishment?
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Are there any good reasons for preferring intuitionistic to classical logic?
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In what sense, if any, is meaning compositional? Why does it matter?

1 In what sense, if any, is meaning compositional? Why does it matter?
2 Could we all be wrong about what a word means? If not, why not?
3 What problems does Frege’s account of quantification try to solve?
Does it succeed?
4 ‘Logical form is a philosophical myth.’ Discuss.
5 Can the meaning of a name be explained purely in terms of the object
it refers to?
6 Either (a) Is Hesperus necessarily identical to Phosphorus?
Or (b) ‘Kripke’s theory says that a name refers to the object
which stands at the beginning of a certain causal chain.
So it is really just a description theory.’ Discuss.
7 Could there be an empty world?
8 Either (a) How does the idea of possible worlds with accessibility
relations between them help us to understand the
differences between the modal logics T, S4 and S5?
Or (b) Is there a notion of possibility that is captured by the
modal logic S4?
9 Can the dispute between classical and intuitionistic logician be settled?
If so, how?
10 Is there anything wrong with implicit definition?