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All the ideas for 'Presupposition and Conversational Implicature', 'The Concept of Dread (/Anxiety)' and 'A Realistic Theory of Categories'

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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories

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Chisholm divides things into contingent and necessary, and then individuals, states and non-states [Chisholm, by Westerhoff]

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]

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]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

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Socrates neglects the gap between knowing what is good and doing good [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

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Anxiety is not a passing mood, but a response to human freedom [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

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The ultimate in life is learning to be anxious in the right way [Kierkegaard]

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Ultimate knowledge is being anxious in the right way [Kierkegaard]

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Anxiety is staring into the yawning abyss of freedom [Kierkegaard]