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All the ideas for 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication', 'Logic and Conversation' and 'Amphitheatrum'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Saying 'they can become a set' is a tautology, because reference to 'they' implies a collection [Cargile]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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Conditionals are truth-functional, but we must take care with misleading ones [Grice, by Edgington]

8948	The odd truth table for material conditionals is explained by conversational conventions [Grice, by Fisher]

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Conditionals might remain truth-functional, despite inappropriate conversational remarks [Edgington on Grice]

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

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A person can be justified in believing a proposition, though it is unreasonable to actually say it [Grice, by Edgington]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing but its parts [Vanini]