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All the ideas for 'Stipulation, Meaning and Apriority', 'Sense and Sensibilia' and 'Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher'

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

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

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / a. Problem of vagueness

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Austin revealed many meanings for 'vague': rough, ambiguous, general, incomplete... [Austin,JL, by Williamson]

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]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

1658	In early Greece the word for punishment was also the word for vengeance [Vlastos]