Is a hotdog a sandwich? The question is interesting because we don’t call a hotdog a sandwich, but it meets many of the salient criteria for being a sandwich. When we think about a general sandwich, we typically think about its components and structure. A hotdog mostly has the right components and structure to be…
Tag: concepts
Cluster definitions as an explanation for vague concepts
Vague concepts are fuzzy. They lack strict definitions and contain edge cases. One classical example is baldness: we would call a person bald even if they have three hairs on their head, so exactly how many hairs could someone have and still be bald? Another example is a heap of sand: a single grain of…
thoughts on mind 