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Ideas for 'Sweet Dreams', 'Category Mistakes' and 'Philosophical Implications of Mathematical logic'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

18060	We can explain the statue/clay problem by a category mistake with a false premise [Magidor]
	Full Idea: Since 'the lump of clay is Romanesque' is a category mistake, a pragmatic account of that phenomenon is key to pursuing the strategy of saying that the problem rests on a false premise.
	From: Ofra Magidor (Category Mistakes [2013], 5.6)
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