| 1. | Let us first consider a case of ostensive definition in a public language.
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| 2. | It is an ostensive demonstration of what is meant by " three times ".
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| 3. | Wittgenstein rejects the idea that ostensive definitions can provide us with the meaning of a word.
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| 4. | Early in " The Investigations ", Wittgenstein attacks the usefulness of ostensive definition.
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| 5. | All historical proof is ultimately ostensive.
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| 6. | So memory scepticism could be applied with equal effect to ostensive definitions given in a public language.
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| 7. | Another is that " an ostensive definition can be variously interpreted in " every " case ".
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| 8. | They are classes in : human rights, control of civil riots, ostensive policing, crisis management and shooting techniques.
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| 9. | Another important category of definitions is the class of ostensive definitions, which convey the meaning of a term by pointing out examples.
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| 10. | An everyday ostensive definition is embedded in a public language, and so in the form of life in which that language occurs.
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