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'works', 'De Corpore (Elements, First Section)' and 'Why there isn't a ready-made world'
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition
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Definitions of things that are caused must express their manner of generation [Hobbes]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]
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Definition is resolution of names into successive genera, and finally the difference [Hobbes]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 8. Impredicative Definition
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A defined name should not appear in the definition [Hobbes]
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