LessonsClassifying Metaphor by Its Terms and Common Feature: Concordance, Opposition and InclusionQuiz

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Do you not see that blackness is a component of the concept “black”?

The adjective “black” involves more than the abstract word “blackness”: it relates a bearer to a quality. Blackness can form part of that composite meaning even when the degree of blackness differs among objects.

The point is methodological. Conceptual inclusion is not a promise that every instance realizes a property at the same intensity. Variation in degree does not eliminate the shared intelligible feature.

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Composite concept and the case of blackness

Classifying Metaphor by Its Terms and Common Feature: Concordance, Opposition and Inclusion

ألا ترى أن السواد جزء من مفهوم الأسود
Do you not see that blackness is a component of the concept “black”?

The adjective “black” involves more than the abstract word “blackness”: it relates a bearer to a quality. Blackness can form part of that composite meaning even when the degree of blackness differs among objects.

The point is methodological. Conceptual inclusion is not a promise that every instance realizes a property at the same intensity. Variation in degree does not eliminate the shared intelligible feature.