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All the ideas for 'Intro to Naming,Necessity and Natural Kinds', 'The Logic of Infinity' and 'Letters to William Molyneux'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

5831	The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

5829	We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP]

5830	The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism

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Avoid non-predicative classifications and definitions [Poincaré]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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Things have real essences, but we categorise them according to the ideas we receive [Locke]

18. Thought / C. Content / 8. Intension

5826	The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP]