In this case the symbol " A " doesn t express just the property A, but the disjunction of properties A or B . The crude causal theory is therefore incapable of distinguishing the case in which the content of a symbol is disjunctive from the case in which it isn t.
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Buddha's causal theory is simply descriptive : This existing, that exists; this arising, that arises; this not existing, that does not exist; this ceasing, that ceases . This understanding of causation as'impersonal lawlike causal ordering'is important because it shows how the processes that give rise to suffering work, and also how they can be reversed.
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In The Causal Theory of Perception', Grice contrasts saying ( which he there also calls " stating " ) with " implying ", but in Logic and Conversation he introduces the technical term " implicature " and its cognates " to implicate " and " implicatum " ( i . e ., that which is implicated ).
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If we put this in terms of the crude causal theory, the fact that cows cause one to say " horse " depends on the fact that horses cause one to say " horse "; but the fact that horses cause one to say " horse " does " not " depend on the fact that cows cause one to say " horse " . ..
