Defining Conceptual Boundaries

Matthew D. Lund

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Abstract

A useful term cannot apply to everything. Some logical or conceptual boundary must appear somewhere. As we saw, the word “not” helps us to locate these boundaries; to know what is being denied is to have perceived half of what is being asserted.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSynthese Library
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages15-27
Number of pages13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameSynthese Library
Volume389
ISSN (Print)0166-6991
ISSN (Electronic)2542-8292

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • History
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Logic

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