Predicates like 'is a Democrat' have no determinate extension absent the background of evolving social practices, making truth-conditions context-sensitive rather than fixed (Wittgenstein, PI §201).

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PI §201(as a citation format): A reference to section 201 in Wittgenstein's famous book 'Philosophical Investigations,' where he discusses how words get their meaning from how people use them.
Predicates(in logic and philosophy of language): Words or phrases that describe properties or characteristics of something—like 'is red' or 'is tall' in the sentence 'The ball is red.'
Wittgenstein: Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who fundamentally changed how people think about language and meaning in the 20th century. He argued that many philosophical problems arise from misunderstanding how words actually work in everyday life, rather than from deep metaphysical mysteries. His ideas influenced not just philosophy but also mathematics, logic, and even how people approach psychology and artificial intelligence today.
context-sensitive(Used to describe terms like 'I' and 'left' whose reference shifts with the context of use.): A term whose semantic value or referent varies depending on features of the context of utterance, such as the identity or orientation of the speaker.

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