Full Idea
Successful explications (giving a precise sense to a term) have been found for the concepts of deduction, probability and computability, to name just three.
Gist of Idea
Philosophers have given precise senses to deduction, probability, computability etc
Source
W Quine / J Ullian (The Web of Belief [1970], 65), quoted by Alex Orenstein - W.V. Quine Ch.3
Book Reference
Orenstein,Alex: 'W.V. Quine' [Princeton 2002], p.50
A Reaction
Quine also cites the concept of an 'ordered pair'. Orenstein adds Tarski's definition of truth, Russell's definite descriptions, and the explication of existence in terms of quantifications. Cf. Idea 2958.
Related Idea
Idea 2958 No one has ever succeeded in producing an acceptable non-trivial analysis of anything [Lockwood]