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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Science and Hypothesis' and 'Defining 'Intrinsic' (with Rae Langton)'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

15457

Interdefinition is useless by itself, but if we grasp one separately, we have them both [Lewis]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

10180

Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects [Poincaré]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

15400

We must avoid circularity between what is intrinsic and what is natural [Lewis, by Cameron]

15458

A property is 'intrinsic' iff it can never differ between duplicates [Lewis]

15459

Ellipsoidal stars seem to have an intrinsic property which depends on other objects [Lewis]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]