have you thought about the grammar of ritual and how it evolves via equivalent of innovative novelists pushing boundaries?
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ps damn I think I actually understand this now - will write
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If you like David Lewis, also check out the work of Richard Stalnaker... massive bunny trail starts with Lewis
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I think for what you're doing, the primary value of this formalist stuff is to guide via negative: cutting away non-core
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*via negativa. Also, I suspect connection between counterfactual thinking and ritual. What's the what-if content of ritual.
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it's familiar to me but good for brushing up and connecting to existing terminology

