Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Crispin Wright, Stewart Shapiro and Bernard Linsky

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition
The attempt to define numbers by contextual definition has been revived [Wright,C, by Fine,K]
Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B]
An 'implicit definition' gives a direct description of the relations of an entity [Shapiro]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 8. Impredicative Definition
'Impredictative' definitions fix a class in terms of the greater class to which it belongs [Linsky,B]