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Ideas of Mark Sainsbury, by Text
[British, b.1943, At King's College, University of London.]
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1990
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Concepts without Boundaries
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Intro
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p.251
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8982
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Vague concepts are concepts without boundaries
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§2
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p.352
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8983
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If 'red' is vague, then membership of the set of red things is vague, so there is no set of red things
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§5
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p.257
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8984
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If concepts are vague, people avoid boundaries, can't spot them, and don't want them
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§5
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p.258
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8985
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Boundaryless concepts tend to come in pairs, such as child/adult, hot/cold
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§8
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p.264
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We should abandon classifying by pigeon-holes, and classify around paradigms
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2006
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The Essence of Reference
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18.2
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p.398
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10425
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Definite descriptions may not be referring expressions, since they can fail to refer
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18.2
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p.400
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10429
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It is best to say that a name designates iff there is something for it to designate
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18.2
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p.402
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10431
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Things are thought to have a function, even when they can't perform them
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18.3
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p.406
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10432
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A new usage of a name could arise from a mistaken baptism of nothing
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18.5
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p.413
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10434
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Even a quantifier like 'someone' can be used referentially
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18.5
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p.419
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10438
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Definite descriptions are usually rigid in subject, but not in predicate, position
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