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Ideas for 'works', 'The Limits of Abstraction' and 'Writing the Book of the World'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 3. Types of Definition
'Creative definitions' do not presuppose the existence of the objects defined [Fine,K]
Implicit definitions must be satisfiable, creative definitions introduce things, contextual definitions build on things [Fine,K, by Cook/Ebert]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition
Philosophical concepts are rarely defined, and are not understood by means of definitions [Sider]
It seems possible for a correct definition to be factually incorrect, as in defining 'contact' [Sider]