On Jul 8, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Cory Casanave wrote:
>> If I were to have a category "Pretty Woman", it seems clear that the set
>described by this category is subjective (for both the term "pretty" and
>"Woman").
>
> Seriously?
>
> Yes, I am surprised you would be surprised by this.
>
> I would be interested in your precise formalization for "Pretty"! (01)
I wasn't disputing to the claim that "pretty" is subjective. (02)
> 100 years ago "Woman" would also be considered easy to define - less so today
>with sex change and chromosome analysis. However, precise definitions are
>possible but may not be universally agreed. (03)
That a concept has fuzzy boundaries might make it difficult to find agreement
on a precise definition, but it does not follow that the concept is
*subjective*. I might not be sure whether a large pamphlet is a book, but that
doesn't mean that a book can be whatever my fancy dictates. (04)
-chris (05)
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