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[filed under theme 7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism ]

Full Idea

There may be ad hoc categories, as when people think about the things to pack in a small suitcase for a trip abroad.

Gist of Idea

There may be ad hoc categories, such as the things to pack in your suitcase for a trip

Source

Edouard Machery (Doing Without Concepts [2009], 1.4.1)

Book Ref

Machery,Edouard: 'Doing Without Concepts' [OUP 2009], p.22


A Reaction

This seems to be obviously correct, though critics might say that 'category' is too grand a term for such a grouping.