Combining Philosophers

Ideas for John Dupré, Roy Ellen and Franciscus Toletus

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7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

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All descriptive language is classificatory [Dupré]

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Monothetic categories have fixed defining features, and polythetic categories do not [Ellen]

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In symbolic classification, the categories are linked to rules [Ellen]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation

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We should aim for a classification which tells us as much as possible about the object [Dupré]

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Several words may label a category; one word can name several categories; some categories lack words [Ellen]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

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Continuous experience sometimes needs imposition of boundaries to create categories [Ellen]