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Ideas for 'Precis of 'Limits of Abstraction'', 'The Putney Debates' and 'Essence, Necessity and Explanation'

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

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Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K]

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

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A successful Aristotelian 'definition' is what sciences produces after an investigation [Koslicki]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 6. Definition by Essence

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Essences cause necessary features, and definitions describe those necessary features [Koslicki]