from [/unnamedcamp/what is the intersection of concepts?](https://scrapbox.io/unnamedcamp/what is the intersection of concepts?)
I wonder if the intersection of concepts is a concept, a meta-concept, or something other than a concept. 「 Intersection of concepts 」というメタファーの指すものが僕の持っているものと同じかどうかはわからないが、同じだとするなら「概念の交差点は概念」
- I’m using a different definition of the word “concept” in my Scrapbox than it is used here, so for the sake of distinction, I’ll say “intersection of meanings is meaning”.
- First, meanings can seem separate and unrelated, or overlapping and related, depending on your point of view.
- The term “intersection of concepts” on this page seems to be a metaphor used to refer to a phenomenon that occurs after “observing from a different perspective, there appears to be a relationship between meanings that were previously thought to be unrelated.
- At this time, “meaning” is a “blurry circle” that does not yet have clearly defined boundaries
- blurred circle
- It’s hard to tell if you draw with these blurry circles, so we’ll draw with two “dark zones and light zones”.
- Dark Thin Circle Diagram
- Unlike “concepts” used in mathematics, which have clearly defined boundaries, the “meanings” we usually deal with have both thick and thin parts like this.
- So far, we have all the tools we need to describe the “intersection of meanings.”
- What is meant by “intersection of meanings?”
- The thin areas of the edges of the two “meanings” A and B overlap, creating a new “dense area” L. This L
- This is also a “blurry circle” like A and B, so “intersection of meanings is also a meaning”
- Side note: I use the term “concept” to refer to something whose boundaries have been clarified by careful definition. - A “concept” is logically uniquely identified and symbolized
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