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All the ideas for 'Defining 'Intrinsic' (with Rae Langton)', 'Darwinian Metaphysics: Species and Essentialism' and 'Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Interdefinition is useless by itself, but if we grasp one separately, we have them both [Lewis]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

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'It is true that this follows' means simply: this follows [Wittgenstein]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

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Two and one making three has the necessity of logical inference [Wittgenstein]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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We must avoid circularity between what is intrinsic and what is natural [Lewis, by Cameron]

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A property is 'intrinsic' iff it can never differ between duplicates [Lewis]

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Ellipsoidal stars seem to have an intrinsic property which depends on other objects [Lewis]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species

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Virtually all modern views of speciation rest on relational rather than intrinsic features [Okasha]