RE: Social construct.
December 21, 2022 at 12:17 pm
(This post was last modified: December 21, 2022 at 12:30 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(December 21, 2022 at 11:37 am)Objectivist Wrote:(December 21, 2022 at 9:20 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: No, definition is the medium of human cognitive organization. Whether it is the truth depends what you mean by truth.
I disagree. Definitions of what? Concepts are the medium of cognitive organization. They are how we identify and organize the material brought in by the senses and definition is the final step in that process. A definition is what unites the many units of a concept into a single unit. A definition is true if it corresponds to reality. That's what I mean by truth. If we defined a tree as a species of pachyderm, then that would be a false definition.
What theory of concepts are you using?
a definition is just a concept given specificity so that it’s application in a social environment can be made smoother through the reduction of the effects of individual caprice.
so definition is a social construct
