But to what degree can we really isolate—in our minds—the label itself from the meaning it possesses in every other instance? There’s at least the danger of accidentally importing some other aspects of “legness” into our thinking about the dog’s tail.
But to what degree can we really isolate—in our minds—the label itself from the meaning it possesses in every other instance? There’s at least the danger of accidentally importing some other aspects of “legness” into our thinking about the dog’s tail.
It is a cheap trick, though.