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All the ideas for 'The Courtier and the Heretic', 'Mental Files in Flux' and 'Methodological Reflections on Current Linguistic Theory'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

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A train of reasoning must be treated as all happening simultaneously [Recanati]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought

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Indexicality is not just a feature of language; examples show it also occurs in thought [Recanati]

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How can we communicate indexical thoughts to people not in the right context? [Recanati]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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Mental files are concepts, which are either collections or (better) containers [Recanati]

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The Frege case of believing a thing is both F and not-F is explained by separate mental files [Recanati]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

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A linguistic expression refers to what its associated mental file refers to [Recanati]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

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Syntax and semantics are indeterminate, and modern 'semantics' is a bogus subject [Quine, by Lycan]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

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There are speakers' thoughts and hearers' thoughts, but no further thought attached to the utterance [Recanati]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning

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The Naive view of communication is that hearers acquire exactly the thoughts of the speaker [Recanati]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 10. Theocracy

7825	The politics of Leibniz was the reunification of Christianity [Stewart,M]