A closed concept is a concept where all the necessary and sufficient conditions required to include something within the concept can be listed. For example, the concept of a triangle is closed because it is both necessary and sufficient that something (1) be a polygon and (2) have three sides for it to be a triangle. All the conditions required to call something a triangle can be and are listed.
Its opposite is an "open concept".[1]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Weitz, Morris (1956). "The Role of Theory in Aesthetics". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 15 (1): 27–35. doi:10.2307/427491. JSTOR 427491.
External links
edit- Open and Closed Concepts and the Continuum Fallacy - More on open and closed concepts
- Necessary Conditions and Sufficient Conditions - A guide to the usage and application of necessary and sufficient conditions
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