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Full Idea
People seem to be able to formulate novel concepts which are left to be named later; the concept comes first, the name second.
Gist of Idea
People can formulate new concepts which are only named later
Source
E Margolis/S Laurence (Concepts [2009], 4.2)
Book Ref
'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.16
A Reaction
[This seems to have empirical support, and he cites Pinker 1994] I do not find this remotely surprising, since I presume that human concepts are a continuous kind with animal concepts, including non-conscious concepts (why not?).
8769 | If someone has aphasia but can still play chess, they clearly have concepts [Geach] |
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11146 | People can formulate new concepts which are only named later [Margolis/Laurence] |