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Full Idea
I find the notion of conceptual priority barely intelligible.
Gist of Idea
Conceptual priority is barely intelligible
Source
Alex Oliver (The Metaphysics of Properties [1996], §19 n48)
Book Ref
-: 'Mind' [-], p.51
A Reaction
I don't think I agree, though there is a lot of vagueness and intuition involved, and not a lot of hard argument. Can you derive A from B, but not B from A? Is A inconceivable without B, but B conceivable without A?
10954 | It is unclear whether acute angles are prior to right angles, or fingers to men [Aristotle] |
9849 | Maybe a concept is 'prior' to another if it can be defined without the second concept [Dummett] |
9850 | An argument for conceptual priority is greater simplicity in explanation [Dummett] |
10746 | Conceptual priority is barely intelligible [Oliver] |