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Ideas for 'The Limits of Abstraction', 'Real Essence' and 'The Problem of the Essential Indexical'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 3. Types of Definition

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'Creative definitions' do not presuppose the existence of the objects defined [Fine,K]

9143	Implicit definitions must be satisfiable, creative definitions introduce things, contextual definitions build on things [Fine,K, by Cook/Ebert]

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

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'Nominal' definitions identify things, but fail to give their essence [Jones,J-E]