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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On Referring' and 'Contributions of Philosophy (On Appropriation)'

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12 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

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When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide [Heidegger]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

8358	There are no rules for the exact logic of ordinary language, because that doesn't exist [Strawson,P]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

6413	'The present King of France is bald' presupposes existence, rather than stating it [Strawson,P, by Grayling]

8354	Russell asks when 'The King of France is wise' would be a true assertion [Strawson,P]

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

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

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

8356	The meaning of an expression or sentence is general directions for its use, to refer or to assert [Strawson,P]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference

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Reference is mainly a social phenomenon [Strawson,P, by Sainsbury]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

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If an expression can refer to anything, it may still instrinsically refer, but relative to a context [Bach on Strawson,P]

19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference

8355	Expressions don't refer; people use expressions to refer [Strawson,P]

8357	If an utterance fails to refer then it is a pseudo-use, though a speaker may think they assert something [Strawson,P]

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]