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glossary:equivocation:index [23.01.25, 23:42:13] – external edit 127.0.0.1glossary:equivocation:index [07.05.26, 11:56:28] (current) – [Equivocation of abstract terms] sascha
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 ===== Equivocation of abstract terms ===== ===== Equivocation of abstract terms =====
  
-While such ambiguities are usually easily identified as [[glossary:synonym|synonyms]] when they refer to actually existing things or perceivable properties, this distiction can be rather difficult for //abstract// terms  +While such ambiguities are usually easily identified as [[glossary:synonym|synonyms]] when they refer to actually existing things or perceivable properties, this distiction can be rather difficult for //abstract// terms, as the following example (loosely based on a riddle formulated by [[wp>Thomas Aquinas|Thomas Aquinas]]) shows:
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-use of synonyms for terms that stand for real life objects is usually quite easy to understand, the distinction for abstract concepts can sometimes be quite difficult, as the following example (loosely based on [[wp>Thomas Aquinas]]) shows:+
  
 > <u questionable "refers to the species">Humans</u> are a //species//. > <u questionable "refers to the species">Humans</u> are a //species//.

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