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All the ideas for 'Stipulation, Meaning and Apriority', 'Letters to William Molyneux' and 'Mr Strawson on Referring'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
21552 Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition
21551 Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition
9331 How do we determine which of the sentences containing a term comprise its definition? [Horwich]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
12812 Things have real essences, but we categorise them according to the ideas we receive [Locke]
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]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics
21550 Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell]