Benquo comments on Extensions and Intensions - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 February 2008 09:34PM

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Comment author: Benquo 05 February 2008 01:19:01PM 1 point [-]

I think Silas brings up a fair point. Ostensive definition in isolation can be pretty darn hard. It has to compete with every other likely usage-interpretation.