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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Some Models for Implicature' and '68: Generation of the soul in 'Timaeus''

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7 ideas

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / f. Emotion and reason
5963 Some say emotion is a sort of reason, and others say virtue concerns emotion [Plutarch]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
22330 Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter [Grice, by Glock]
19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature
18045 Grice's maxim of quality says do not assert what you believe to be false [Grice, by Magidor]
18044 Grice's maxim of manner requires one to be as brief as possible [Grice, by Magidor]
18046 Grice's maxim of quantity says be sufficiently informative [Grice, by Magidor]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
1748 Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
5989 Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]