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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes' and 'Assertion'

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19. Language / F. Communication / 2. Assertion
An assertion aims to add to the content of a context [Stalnaker, by Magidor]
19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature
An assertion is an attempt to rule out certain possibilities, narrowing things down for good planning [Stalnaker, by Schroeter]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
Nomos is king [Pindar]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]