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Ideas for 'works', 'De Corpore (Elements, First Section)' and 'The Web of Belief'

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

17237

Definitions of things that are caused must express their manner of generation [Hobbes]

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]

17239

Definition is resolution of names into successive genera, and finally the difference [Hobbes]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 8. Impredicative Definition

17241

A defined name should not appear in the definition [Hobbes]