The usefulness of defining the boundaries of a concept
2021-10-23
https://gyazo.com/2989837741f5ebac476040ea758bcb39
What you thought was one concept is two nested concepts and joined
2021-11-05
It would also merge with the figure [Both "is X" and "is not X" are compatible.
In short, the area between these sets is the gray area.
https://gyazo.com/6bf57b6e1a0f5e1580b0a0ca247ae264
2019-01-26
https://gyazo.com/f2e767fc8c040dc73a6010639be133ae
The usefulness of defining the boundary of the concept.
In the figure, two people are disputing the boundary of concept X.
They dispute whether the black circle case near the boundary is included in X.
Would that argument be useful?
Suppose it is clear that the white circle is included in X
Even if the boundary of X is not clear, we can use the fact that the white circle is included in X
Isn't over-quality trying to clarify the boundaries of X?
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