Full Idea
How are we to determine which of the sentences containing a term comprise its definition?
Gist of Idea
How do we determine which of the sentences containing a term comprise its definition?
Source
Paul Horwich (Stipulation, Meaning and Apriority [2000], §2)
Book Reference
'New Essays on the A Priori', ed/tr. Boghossian,P /Peacocke,C [OUP 2000], p.151
A Reaction
Nice question. If I say 'philosophy is the love of wisdom' and 'philosophy bores me', why should one be part of its definition and the other not? What if I stipulated that the second one is part of my definition, and the first one isn't?