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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Review of Frege's 'Grundlagen'' and 'Improvement of Understanding'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

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All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / c. Fregean numbers

9992	The 'extension of a concept' in general may be quantitatively completely indeterminate [Cantor]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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To understand the properties we must know the essence, as with a circle [Spinoza]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]