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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Wiener Logik' and 'Some Remarks on Essentialism'

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

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A simplification which is complete constitutes a definition [Kant]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Logic gives us the necessary rules which show us how we ought to think [Kant]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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Essentialism says some of a thing's properties are necessary, and could not be absent [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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The difficulty in essentialism is deciding the grounds for rating an attribute as essential [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Essentialism is said to be unintelligible, because relative, if necessary truths are all analytic [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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An act of ostension doesn't seem to need a 'sort' of thing, even of a very broad kind [Cartwright,R]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / b. Pro-externalism

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If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant]