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ostensive definition

Also known as ostensivity, ostensible, ostensibly

conveying the meaning of a term by pointing out examples

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Definition Logic Pragmatics Semantics

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philosophy of language

Willard Van Orman Quine

Philosophical Investigations

circular definition

recursive definition

operational definition

genus–differentia definition

private language argument

William Ernest Johnson

lexical definition

intension and extension

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lexical definition

intension and extension

organic compound

recursive definition

Church encoding

persuasive definition

circular definition

Kevin de Queiroz

new riddle of induction

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Word and Object

genus–differentia definition

conventionalism

Philosophical Investigations

free indirect speech

operational definition

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