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All the ideas for 'Conditionals', 'Chomsky on himself' and 'On Divination ('De divinatione')'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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Validity can preserve certainty in mathematics, but conditionals about contingents are another matter [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / b. Types of conditional

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There are many different conditional mental states, and different conditional speech acts [Edgington]

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

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Are conditionals truth-functional - do the truth values of A and B determine the truth value of 'If A, B'? [Edgington]

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'If A,B' must entail ¬(A & ¬B); otherwise we could have A true, B false, and If A,B true, invalidating modus ponens [Edgington]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

6029	Whoever knows future causes knows everything that will be [Cicero]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

6649	Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe]