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Ideas for 'The Statesman', 'The Boundary Stones of Thought' and 'Logical Pluralism'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

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We understand conditionals, but disagree over their truth-conditions [Rumfitt]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

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We can rest truth-conditions on situations, rather than on possible worlds [Beall/Restall]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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Propositions commit to content, and not to any way of spelling it out [Beall/Restall]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

283	The question of whether or not to persuade comes before the science of persuasion [Plato]

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

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The truth grounds for 'not A' are the possibilities incompatible with truth grounds for A [Rumfitt]