If a proposed definition systematically misclassifies paradigm cases that anchor the concept, the definition is inadequate by the standard criterion of reflective equilibrium used in conceptual analysis.
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The activity of elucidating our original shared understanding of a target expression, showing that a putative reduction respects the original meaning of that expression.
definition(Standard philosophical conception of what a definition must accomplish)
Something that provides necessary and sufficient conditions for some thing x to be F
paradigm cases(used to explain how we define concepts)
The clearest, most obvious examples of something that help us understand what that thing is—like using a robin as the paradigm case of a bird.
reflective equilibrium(Introduced by Goodman in the context of justifying induction)
A methodological state reached when considered judgments and the inference rules that best explain those judgments are mutually coherent, achieved by iteratively revising either judgments or rules when conflicts arise