Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Syntactic Structure' and 'works'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

18009

Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

18933

Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 3. Intentional Stance

3161	If mind is just an explanation, the explainer must have beliefs [Rey on Dennett]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology

3177	You couldn't drive a car without folk psychology [Dennett]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

18007

Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]