thomblake comments on Living Metaphorically - Less Wrong

24 Post author: lukeprog 28 November 2011 03:01PM

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Comment author: thomblake 28 November 2011 07:06:46PM 5 points [-]

So, any philosophical practice which assumes this — as much of 20th century conceptual analysis seems to do — is misguided.

It seems worth noting that while it's indeed true of much of 20th century conceptual analysis, I don't think it's even true of most, and it's been pretty widely accepted for some time that necessary and sufficient conditions don't get you all the way to a definition.