Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'Concerning the Trinity' and 'Assertion'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

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There are two sorts of category - referring to things, and to circumstances of things [Boethius]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]

19. Language / F. Communication / 2. Assertion

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An assertion aims to add to the content of a context [Stalnaker, by Magidor]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature

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An assertion is an attempt to rule out certain possibilities, narrowing things down for good planning [Stalnaker, by Schroeter]