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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Episteme and Logos in later Plato' and 'Grundgesetze der Arithmetik 2 (Basic Laws)'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

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The logos enables us to track one particular among a network of objects [Nehamas]

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A logos may be short, but it contains reference to the whole domain of the object [Nehamas]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

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Later Frege held that definitions must fix a function's value for every possible argument [Frege, by Wright,C]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

9845	We can't define a word by defining an expression containing it, as the remaining parts are a problem [Frege]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition

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Only what is logically complex can be defined; what is simple must be pointed to [Frege]