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Ideas for 'Writing the Book of the World', 'Grundgesetze der Arithmetik 2 (Basic Laws)' and 'Frege on Apriority'

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

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Later Frege held that definitions must fix a function's value for every possible argument [Frege, by Wright,C]

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

9845	We can't define a word by defining an expression containing it, as the remaining parts are a problem [Frege]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition

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Only what is logically complex can be defined; what is simple must be pointed to [Frege]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition

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Philosophical concepts are rarely defined, and are not understood by means of definitions [Sider]

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It seems possible for a correct definition to be factually incorrect, as in defining 'contact' [Sider]