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Ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'Real Essentialism' and 'Problems of Philosophy'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought
The law of contradiction is not a 'law of thought', but a belief about things [Russell]
Three Laws of Thought: identity, contradiction, and excluded middle [Russell]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
'Animal' is a genus and 'rational' is a specific difference [Oderberg]
Definition distinguishes one kind from another, and individuation picks out members of the kind [Oderberg]