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

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Later Frege held that definitions must fix a function's value for every possible argument [Frege, by Wright,C]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

8200	Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia

4385	Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

9845	We can't define a word by defining an expression containing it, as the remaining parts are a problem [Frege]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition

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Only what is logically complex can be defined; what is simple must be pointed to [Frege]