9845 | We can't define a word by defining an expression containing it, as the remaining parts are a problem [Frege] |
9844 | Originally Frege liked contextual definitions, but later preferred them fully explicit [Frege, by Dummett] |
9822 | Nothing should be defined in terms of that to which it is conceptually prior [Frege, by Dummett] |
21560 | Any linguistic expression may lack meaning when taken out of context [Russell] |
19047 | Bentham's contextual definitions preserved terms after their denotation became doubtful [Quine] |
19048 | Contextual definition shifted the emphasis from words to whole sentences [Quine] |
8995 | Definition by words is determinate but relative; fixing contexts could make it absolute [Quine] |
9847 | A contextual definition permits the elimination of the expression by a substitution [Dummett] |
10476 | The idea that groups of concepts could be 'implicitly defined' was abandoned [Hodges,W] |
10142 | The attempt to define numbers by contextual definition has been revived [Wright,C, by Fine,K] |
9961 | 'Contextual definitions' replace whole statements, not just expressions [Mautner] |
10204 | An 'implicit definition' gives a direct description of the relations of an entity [Shapiro] |
18776 | Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B] |
9955 | Contextual definitions replace a complete sentence containing the expression [George/Velleman] |