Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Definitiones cogitationesque metaphysicae' and 'Presupposition and Conversational Implicature'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance is that which can act [Leibniz]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / f. Pragmatics of conditionals

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Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz]

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

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Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

467	A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion]