Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Presupposition and Conversational Implicature', 'The Idea of the Brain' and 'Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations''

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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]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

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If my conception of pain derives from me, it is a contradiction to speak of another's pain [Malcolm]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

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There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb]

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The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb]

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]