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All the ideas for 'On the Moral and Legal State of Abortion', 'A Puzzle about Belief' and 'Substitutional Classes and Relations'

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

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Any linguistic expression may lack meaning when taken out of context [Russell]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes

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'The number one is bald' or 'the number one is fond of cream cheese' are meaningless [Russell]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / p. Axiom of Reducibility

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Axiom of Reducibility: there is always a function of the lowest possible order in a given level [Russell, by Bostock]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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There is no complexity without relations, so no propositions, and no truth [Russell]

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

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Persons must be conscious, reasoning, motivated, communicative, self-aware [Warren, by Tuckness/Wolf]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke]