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Ideas for Buddhaghosa, Saul A. Kripke and David Lewis

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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
The sceptical rule-following paradox is the basis of the private language argument [Kripke, by Hanna]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity
A sophisticated principle of charity sometimes imputes error as well as truth [Lewis]
We need natural properties in order to motivate the principle of charity [Lewis]
Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]