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All the ideas for '67: Platonic Questions', 'works' and 'Conditionals'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

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Tell cleverness from answers, but wisdom from questions [Mahfouz]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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Validity can preserve certainty in mathematics, but conditionals about contingents are another matter [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / b. Types of conditional

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There are many different conditional mental states, and different conditional speech acts [Edgington]

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

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Are conditionals truth-functional - do the truth values of A and B determine the truth value of 'If A, B'? [Edgington]

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'If A,B' must entail ¬(A & ¬B); otherwise we could have A true, B false, and If A,B true, invalidating modus ponens [Edgington]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5960	When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch]