Names assigned with a specific taxonomy identify a particular object and allow that thing to be classified or grouped with other objects that have similar characteristics.
For one thing, the proposal continues to classify public marijuana smoking as a misdemeanor, whereas another bill proposed by Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and State Senator Mark J. Grisanti would end low-level marijuana arrests entirely.
People tend to collect things for two reasons: to create a reflection of their personal preferences, or to classify things into groups, like you would with a stamp collection.
According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Mandarin entered the language in 1589.One of Confucius's administrative priorities on taking office was to classify things by their proper names.
And as we grow older, it is not at all unusual to classify things as either the old ways or the new.
While that debate goes on, it's important to remember that the distinction is somewhat artificial (one might even argue arbitrary) as it represents our very human desire to classify things into hierarchies.
We do not have the time, energy, or capacity to process the information; and instead we must very often use our stereotypes, our rules of thumb, to classify things according to a few key features and then to respond without thinking when one or another of these trigger feature are present (Cialdini 6).
Intuitively, to group all instances of the metal zinc together is to engage in a natural classification, whereas to group together Trajan's column, the number two, and Julius Caesar is to classify things in an arbitrary manner.
For example, Tinder would know if someone shows up at church every week, or regularly takes their dog to a dog park – things it could use to classify users and match them accordingly.
As far as written human culture goes back, it has always been fascinated with how language enables us to refer to the world, to say both true and false things about it, and to classify its elements into different linguistic categories.
