10953 | The parts of a definition are isomorphic to the parts of the entity [Aristotle] |
10957 | The material element may be essential to a definition [Aristotle] |
10960 | If we define 'man' as 'two-footed animal', why does that make man a unity? [Aristotle] |
12291 | There can't be one definition of two things, or two definitions of the same thing [Aristotle] |
12292 | Definitions are easily destroyed, since they can contain very many assertions [Aristotle] |
19426 | 'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz] |
15927 | Definition just needs negation, known variables, conjunction, disjunction, substitution and quantification [Weyl, by Lavine] |
19179 | For a definition we need the words or concepts used, the rules, and the structure of the language [Tarski] |
1623 | Definition rests on synonymy, rather than explaining it [Quine] |
15227 | Logically, definitions have a subject, and a set of necessary predicates [Harré/Madden] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
15457 | Interdefinition is useless by itself, but if we grasp one separately, we have them both [Lewis] |
6052 | Definitions identify two concepts, so they presuppose identity [McGinn] |
11215 | Notable definitions have been of piety (Plato), God (Anselm), number (Frege), and truth (Tarski) [Gupta] |
11223 | Definitions usually have a term, a 'definiendum' containing the term, and a defining 'definiens' [Gupta] |
23744 | Defining a set of things by paradigms doesn't pin them down enough [Smith,M] |
14100 | Figuring in the definition of a thing doesn't make it a part of that thing [Rosen] |
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
20389 | A definition of a thing gives all the requirements which add up to a guarantee of it [Davies,S] |