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Full Idea
Whether you call it inductive or not, our understanding of such a word as 'dog' or 'house' does arise from a repeated experience of concomitances.
Gist of Idea
Our understanding of 'dog' or 'house' arises from a repeated experience of concomitances
Source
H.H. Price (Review of Aron 'Our Knowledge of Universals' [1946], p.191)
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophy' [-], p.191
A Reaction
Philosophers don't use phrases like that last one any more. How else could we form the concept of 'dog' - if we are actually allowed to discuss the question of concept-formation, instead of just the logic of concepts.
| 10644 | A 'felt familiarity' with universals is more primitive than abstraction [Price,HH] |
| 10645 | We reach concepts by clarification, or by definition, or by habitual experience [Price,HH] |
| 10646 | Our understanding of 'dog' or 'house' arises from a repeated experience of concomitances [Price,HH] |