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All the ideas for 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication', 'Mr Strawson on Referring' and 'Teplitz Fragments'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell]

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

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Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Saying 'they can become a set' is a tautology, because reference to 'they' implies a collection [Cargile]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

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Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate [Novalis]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics

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Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell]