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English: Example for Quine's notion of a "qualitative sphere", used in his article "Natural Kinds" (1970). In analogy to the definition of a circle area in geometry, Quine's sphere is defined as the set of all objects x that are more similar to a "paradigm" object p than p is to a "foil" object f. This way, the notion of a "natural kind" could be defined in terms of "similarity" (Quine investigated both notions in a comment on Goodman's new riddle of induction). The example shows the sphere for a natural kind "red objects". A problem discussed by Quine is that a general notion of similarity, rather than similarity with respect to color, would hardly generate the shown sphere, as e.g. a red paprika might be considered more similar to a yellow one than to a fire engine. |
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| Soorce | Ain wirk, based on the images File:Cherry_Stella444_edit.jpg / File:Capsicum_-_red_chili_chilli_-_piment_rouge_-_roter_Chili_01.jpg / File:2450450350053238630NHunwh_fs.jpg / File:Fire-Extinguisher.JPG / File:2006-10-25_Amanita_muscaria_crop.jpg / File:Orange_Fruit_Close-up.jpg / File:Poivrons_Luc_Viatour.jpg / File:Radishes_at_Wilson_Farm,_Lexington_MA.jpg / File:Big_strawberries_for_sale_in_Jerusalem.jpg / File:Tomatoes_plain_and_sliced.jpg from commons.wikimedia.org |
| Author | Jochen Burghardt |
| Other versions | File:Quine's qualitative sphere svg.svg |
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% radish.jpg Radishes_at_Wilson_Farm,_Lexington_MA.jpg
% strawberries.jpg Big_strawberries_for_sale_in_Jerusalem.jpg
% tomatoes.jpg Tomatoes_plain_and_sliced.jpg
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