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All the ideas for 'The Architecture of Theories', 'The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism' and 'Logic and Conversation'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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Conditionals are truth-functional, but we must take care with misleading ones [Grice, by Edgington]

8948	The odd truth table for material conditionals is explained by conversational conventions [Grice, by Fisher]

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Conditionals might remain truth-functional, despite inappropriate conversational remarks [Edgington on Grice]

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

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A person can be justified in believing a proposition, though it is unreasonable to actually say it [Grice, by Edgington]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 1. Dualism

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Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce]

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

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Economic capitalist liberty naturally leads to democratic political liberty [Novak]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce]