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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Virtues of the Mind' and 'Substitutional Classes and Relations'

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

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Precision is only one of the virtues of a good definition [Zagzebski]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

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Any linguistic expression may lack meaning when taken out of context [Russell]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

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Objection by counterexample is weak, because it only reveals inaccuracies in one theory [Zagzebski]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes

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'The number one is bald' or 'the number one is fond of cream cheese' are meaningless [Russell]