Suppose that someone defines "good" as "socially approved." Ima Intuitionist would object to this definition by claiming that
Suppose that someone defines "good" as "socially approved." Ima Intuitionist would object to this definition by claiming that
Ima thought that "good" was indefinable. So he would have rejected this definition.
Suppose that someone defines "good" as "socially approved." Ima Intuitionist would object to this definition by claiming that
We could consistently imagine there being bad things that are socially approved. So "good" doesn't mean "socially approved."
The general strategy is this: if someone claims that "good" means "such and such" (where this represents some descriptive term), ask "Are things that are such and such necessarily good?" Since the answer is "no," the definition is refuted.
Suppose that someone defines "good" as "socially approved." Ima Intuitionist would object to this definition by claiming that
No he wouldn't! Ima claimed that "good" was indefinable.