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All the ideas for 'Reply to Richards', 'fragments/reports' and 'The Runabout Inference Ticket'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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The greatest philosophers are methodical; it is what makes them great [Grice]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

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We need to know the meaning of 'and', prior to its role in reasoning [Prior,AN, by Belnap]

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Prior's 'tonk' is inconsistent, since it allows the non-conservative inference A |- B [Belnap on Prior,AN]

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Prior rejected accounts of logical connectives by inference pattern, with 'tonk' his absurd example [Prior,AN, by Read]

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Maybe introducing or defining logical connectives by rules of inference leads to absurdity [Prior,AN, by Hacking]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

490	Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]