Generality is relative to the compared concepts. Animal is broader than human but narrower than growing body in the textbook’s hierarchy. Growing body is narrower than body. Always ask “more general than what?” instead of attaching broad or narrow permanently to a term.
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A term can be broad in one pair and narrow in another
Four Relations Between Universal Concepts
Generality is relative to the compared concepts. Animal is broader than human but narrower than growing body in the textbook’s hierarchy. Growing body is narrower than body. Always ask “more general than what?” instead of attaching broad or narrow permanently to a term.