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All the ideas for 'On Motion', 'De modo distinguendi phaenomena' and 'Presupposition and Conversational Implicature'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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If experience is just a dream, it is still real enough if critical reason is never deceived [Leibniz]

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The strongest criterion that phenomena show reality is success in prediction [Leibniz]

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

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Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique

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Light, heat and colour are apparent qualities, and so are motion, figure and extension [Leibniz]

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

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Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / a. Special relativity

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Motion is not absolute, but consists in relation [Leibniz]