Full Idea
Dispute might break out between priests who favoured the working ship and antiquarians who preferred the reconstruction.
Gist of Idea
Priests prefer the working ship; antiquarians prefer the reconstruction
Source
David Wiggins (Sameness and Substance [1980], 3.3)
Book Reference
Wiggins,David: 'Sameness and Substance' [Blackwell 1980], p.93
A Reaction
This captures the contextual nature of the dispute very succinctly. Wiggins, of course, thinks that sortals will settle the matter. Fat chance.
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