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All the ideas for 'Presupposition and Conversational Implicature', 'Classical Cosmology (frags)' and 'The Artworld'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / f. Pragmatics of conditionals
Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read]
19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature
Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution
An ordinary object can be a work of art, but only if some theory of art supports it [Danto]
27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]