Real, Immediate, Multiple: Towards a Theory of Definition
Abstract
In ‘Senses of Essence’ Kit Fine tentatively proposed that one could take the notion of real definition as basic and define essence in terms of it. Building on Litland 2023 this paper begins to develop an account where the notion of full, immediate real definition is taken as basic. We then sketch how one can provide non-circular definitions of the logical operations and sketch how one can define various essentialist operations.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/met.190 | Journal eISSN: 2515-8279
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 1, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 5, 2025
Published on: Jul 29, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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