LessonsThe Three Kinds of Conventional Verbal IndicationQuiz

If the word “human” reminds a listener of a friend's watch, that memory is a personal association. A watch is not thereby a necessary implication of the human concept.
Association: human reminds someone of a watch, without necessity.
Book’s implication: human points toward the capacity for knowledge within its classical framework.
Not everything recalled by an individual qualifies as iltizam.

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Necessity versus association

The Three Kinds of Conventional Verbal Indication

If the word “human” reminds a listener of a friend's watch, that memory is a personal association. A watch is not thereby a necessary implication of the human concept.
Association: human reminds someone of a watch, without necessity.
Book’s implication: human points toward the capacity for knowledge within its classical framework.
Not everything recalled by an individual qualifies as iltizam.