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All the ideas for 'works', 'Advice to a Young Tradesman' and 'Many, but almost one'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies

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Punctuality and justice in dealings are excellent for raising a man in the world [Franklin]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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Time is money, ..credit is money, ..and money breeds more money [Franklin]