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All the ideas for 'Stipulation, Meaning and Apriority', 'Preface to Universal Characteristic' and 'fragments/reports'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

2118	All other human gifts can harm us, but not correct reasoning [Leibniz]

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

9331	How do we determine which of the sentences containing a term comprise its definition? [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori

9333	A priori belief is not necessarily a priori justification, or a priori knowledge [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 6. A Priori from Reason

9342	Understanding needs a priori commitment [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 8. A Priori as Analytic

9332	Meaning is generated by a priori commitment to truth, not the other way around [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts

9341	Meanings and concepts cannot give a priori knowledge, because they may be unacceptable [Horwich]

9334	If we stipulate the meaning of 'number' to make Hume's Principle true, we first need Hume's Principle [Horwich]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 10. A Priori as Subjective

9339	A priori knowledge (e.g. classical logic) may derive from the innate structure of our minds [Horwich]

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]