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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Presupposition and Conversational Implicature' and '14: Superstition'

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

10990

Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read]

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

10991

Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

5994	Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

5957	Absurd superstitions make people atheist, not disharmony in nature [Plutarch]