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Ideas for 'works', 'works' and 'Nature and Observability of Causal Relations'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Definition just needs negation, known variables, conjunction, disjunction, substitution and quantification [Weyl, by Lavine]

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

8368	A correct definition is what can be substituted without loss of meaning [Ducasse]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

8200	Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia

4385	Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]