This philosopher refuted the sufficiency of extension to determine identity of meaning, by noting that the words "unicorn" and "centaur" both have null extensions, but different meanings.
This philosopher refuted the sufficiency of extension to determine identity of meaning, by noting that the words "unicorn" and "centaur" both have null extensions, but different meanings. He coined a certain word in order to refute Carnap's distinction between positional and projectible predicates. He used the example of a tailor's swatch representing the color but not the size of clothing to illustrate exemplificational representation. His belief that nothing had been contributed to the study of art led him to found Project (*) Zero at Harvard. The fact that a man in a room being a third son does not increase the chance that other men in the room are third sons was considered by this author of The Languages of Art, in a work that imagines emeralds that are green until time "t", but blue afterwards. For 10 points, name this American philosopher who invented the imaginary color "grue" in "the new riddle of induction" from Fact, Fiction, and Forecast.
This philosopher refuted the sufficiency of extension to determine identity of meaning, by noting that the words "unicorn" and "centaur" both have null extensions, but different meanings.
(Henry) Nelson Goodman 