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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis' and 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes'

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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / b. Concepts are linguistic
Concepts are language [Quine]
     Full Idea: Concepts are language.
     From: Willard Quine (Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis [1950], 5)
     A reaction: Hm. This seems to mean that animals and pre-linguistic children have no concepts. I just don't believe that.