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15527	Defining terms either enables elimination, or shows that they don't require elimination [Lewis]
	Full Idea: To define theoretical terms might be to show how to do without them, but it is better to say that it shows there is no good reason to want to do without them.
	From: David Lewis (How to Define Theoretical Terms [1970], Intro)