Quote: while a picture of a word seems to fix the sense unambiguously, the actual use is muddled; not suitable for generalization

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In contemplating a concept abstractly, we generalize too … mind--and we extrapolate a generalization from it. We … We have a mental picture, and believe that … the one case and no other occurred to … [Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, par. 140]. … "A picture is conjured up which seems to … something muddied." [Ibid., par. 426] So we cling to the …   Google-1   Google-2

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