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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Assertion' and 'Universals and Particulars'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication

4442	Most thinkers now reject self-predication (whiteness is NOT white) so there is no Third Man problem [Armstrong]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers

579	Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

578	Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle]

19. Language / F. Communication / 2. Assertion

18052

An assertion aims to add to the content of a context [Stalnaker, by Magidor]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature

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An assertion is an attempt to rule out certain possibilities, narrowing things down for good planning [Stalnaker, by Schroeter]