Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Assertion' and 'Two treatises'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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Quantity is the capacity to be divided [Digby]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]

19. Language / F. Communication / 2. Assertion

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An assertion aims to add to the content of a context [Stalnaker, by Magidor]

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

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An assertion is an attempt to rule out certain possibilities, narrowing things down for good planning [Stalnaker, by Schroeter]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

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Colours arise from the rarity, density and mixture of matter [Digby]