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> What's the alternative? Never categorizing anything? Ah, yes, because the alternative to 'always' is 'never', not 'sometimes when appropriate.' Categorisati
by taneq 6y ago
> What's the alternative? Never categorizing anything?
Ah, yes, because the alternative to 'always' is 'never', not 'sometimes when appropriate.'
Categorisation is great and helps us make sense of the world. It's just sometimes misleading and we should always be on guard against category errors.
- bawolff 6y agoWhen would it not be appropriate? Even calling something sui generis is an act of categorization (not that very many things are, esoecially natural things) Sure category errors are a thing, but the error is not in the act of categorizing something at all. They are errors in using an inapropriate schemata.