10 ideas
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
12221 | 'Corner quotes' (quasi-quotation) designate 'whatever these terms designate' [Quine] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
19321 | We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham] |
10496 | Monothetic categories have fixed defining features, and polythetic categories do not [Ellen] |
10497 | In symbolic classification, the categories are linked to rules [Ellen] |
10495 | Continuous experience sometimes needs imposition of boundaries to create categories [Ellen] |
10498 | Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions [Ellen] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |