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ostensive definition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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An ostensive definition conveys the meaning of a term by pointing out examples.
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Let us first consider a case of ostensive definition in a public language.
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Early in The Investigations, Wittgenstein attacks the usefulness of ostensive definition.
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One important form of the extensional definition is ostensive definition.
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The process of ostensive definition itself was critically appraised by Ludwig Wittgenstein.
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We can justify our use of the new name T by making the ostensive definition more or less explicit.
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An everyday ostensive definition is embedded in a public language, and so in the form of life in which that language occurs.
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One conclusion of this is that to participate in an ostensive definition presupposes an understanding of the process and context involved, of the form of life.
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Wittgenstein argues for this making a series of moves to show that to understand an ostensive definition presupposes an understanding of the way the word being defined is used.
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