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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Quantification and Descriptions' and 'Set Theory and related topics (2nd ed)'

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

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Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / e. Equivalence classes

8920	Equivalence relations are reflexive, symmetric and transitive, and classify similar objects [Lipschutz]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

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Definite descriptions, unlike proper names, have a logical structure [Linsky,B]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]