Correction for future note: The extensional definition is the complete set of objects obeying a definition. To define a thing by pointing out some examples (without pointing out all possible examples) has the name “ostensive definition”. H/t @clonusmini on Twitter. Original discussion in “Language in Thought and Action” here.
Correction for future note: The extensional definition is the complete set of objects obeying a definition. To define a thing by pointing out some examples (without pointing out all possible examples) has the name “ostensive definition”. H/t @clonusmini on Twitter. Original discussion in “Language in Thought and Action” here.