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All the ideas for 'Modes of Extension: comment on Fine', 'Personal Identity and Individuation' and 'Some Models for Implicature'

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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity

7946	The memory criterion has a problem when one thing branches into two things [Williams,B, by Macdonald,C]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons]

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Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter [Grice, by Glock]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature

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Grice's maxim of quality says do not assert what you believe to be false [Grice, by Magidor]

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Grice's maxim of quantity says be sufficiently informative [Grice, by Magidor]

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Grice's maxim of manner requires one to be as brief as possible [Grice, by Magidor]