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2. Reason / D. Definition / 9. Recursive Definition

[specify one item, and a rule to produce more of them]

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Dedekind proved definition by recursion, and thus proved the basic laws of arithmetic [Dedekind, by Potter]
Recursive definition defines each instance from a previous instance [Mautner]