LessonsAccidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination ArgumentQuiz

والروائح وأنواعها كثيرة، وليست لها أسماء مخصوصة
Odors are numerous in kind, without separate established names for all of them.

Odor illustrates that a sensible quality may be distinguishable even when language lacks a unique name for every nuance. Some smells are pleasant, others unpleasant, and others are perceived as mixtures.

Having a conventional word for a quality and perceiving that quality are different matters. The limits of vocabulary do not by themselves set the limits of possible sensible distinctions.

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Odors and further sensible accidents

Accidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination Argument

والروائح وأنواعها كثيرة، وليست لها أسماء مخصوصة
Odors are numerous in kind, without separate established names for all of them.

Odor illustrates that a sensible quality may be distinguishable even when language lacks a unique name for every nuance. Some smells are pleasant, others unpleasant, and others are perceived as mixtures.

Having a conventional word for a quality and perceiving that quality are different matters. The limits of vocabulary do not by themselves set the limits of possible sensible distinctions.