Apr 16
Two weeks ago I wrote about the problem with definitions. This post got over 11,000 hits and 41 comments, most of which had to do with answering the age-old challenge of defining the word “chair.” There were some very good attempts, none of which ultimately work, which isn’t surprising since may of the greatest minds in the 20th century have tried and failed to solve this problem.
It happens that this week I am reading from Greg Murphy’s Big Book of Concepts, which contains an excellent explanation of the problem, one which I think is probably right.
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