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Ideas for 'works', 'The Limits of Abstraction' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

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Opposition to reason is mad [Locke]

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 / 5. Genus and Differentia

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Genus is a partial conception of species, and species a partial idea of individuals [Locke]

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

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Maybe Locke described the real essence of a person [Locke, by Pasnau]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem

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Ad Hominem: press a man with the consequences of his own principle [Locke]

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

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Asking whether man's will is free is liking asking if sleep is fast or virtue is square [Locke]