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There's a great book on non-Aristotelian systems (particularly categories, replacing the Aristotelian definition (species := genus + differentia, for example hu
by FabHK 5y ago
There's a great book on non-Aristotelian systems (particularly categories, replacing the Aristotelian definition (species := genus + differentia, for example human := animal + capacity to think, bachelor := man + unmarried) with the notion of prototypes + extensions.
I originally bought it just based on the title:
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind by George Lakoff.