Lexicon of Arguments

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I 63
Def Individual concept/Naturally/Russell: "the P" that is the property of unambiguously having P - nothing else has it - may contain yourself and the present moment.
>Individual concept.
Definite description: the thing that is now R (relation) for me = reduction to thoughts de re.
>Description, >Definite description.

(EP) (Emily instantiates the P and the B (Ralph )

The proposition does not contain Emily, but the unambiguous uniqueness property of the P that instantiates it.
>Individuation, >Uniqueness, cf. >One.

I 66
Problem/Schiffer: that is not sufficient for believing that something is a dog, because you can believe that something belongs to a biological genotype, without believing that it is a dog.
>Elm Trees/Beech Trees.
Wrong: "species of these things" - could be mammal, pet, male, spaniel etc.
>Reference class.
Complete content: is never of biological nature: it does not work with children. - E.g. shepherd dog is more wolf-like than a poodle.

I 68
Not a metalingual individual concept: "What experts call a dog":
1) not manageable
2) no property that only dogs have.

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