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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Russell's Ontological Development' and 'An Introduction to Hegel'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 12. Paraphrase

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Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / a. Sentence meaning

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Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine]

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Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

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The moral will is self-determining, but the ethical will is met in society [Houlgate]