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Full Idea
Definition rests on synonymy, rather than explaining it.
Gist of Idea
Definition rests on synonymy, rather than explaining it
Source
Willard Quine (Two Dogmas of Empiricism [1953], p.26)
Book Ref
Quine,Willard: 'From a Logical Point of View' [Harper and Row 1963], p.26