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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Runabout Inference Ticket' and 'Iteration Again'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / f. Limitation of Size

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Limitation of Size is weak (Fs only collect is something the same size does) or strong (fewer Fs than objects) [Boolos, by Potter]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

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We need to know the meaning of 'and', prior to its role in reasoning [Prior,AN, by Belnap]

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Prior's 'tonk' is inconsistent, since it allows the non-conservative inference A |- B [Belnap on Prior,AN]

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Prior rejected accounts of logical connectives by inference pattern, with 'tonk' his absurd example [Prior,AN, by Read]

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Maybe introducing or defining logical connectives by rules of inference leads to absurdity [Prior,AN, by Hacking]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]