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All the ideas for 'works', 'The Wanderer and his Shadow' and 'Mr Strawson on Referring'

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5 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]
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]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
22086 The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
4422 The end need not be the goal, as in the playing of a melody (and yet it must be completed) [Nietzsche]