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Single Idea 15015

[filed under theme 2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition ]

Full Idea

Arguably, 'there is absolutely no space between two objects in contact' is false, but definitional of 'contact'. ...We need a word for true definitional sentences. I propose: 'analytic'.

Gist of Idea

It seems possible for a correct definition to be factually incorrect, as in defining 'contact'

Source

Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 09.8)

Book Ref

Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.192