Increasing a term’s intension never increases the set of things it denotes.

Evidence

The law of inverse variation must, therefore, be stated as follows: If a series of terms is arranged in order of increasing intension, the denotation of the terms [extension] will either remain the same or diminish. (Cohen and Nagel 1934, 33) In short, we can increase the coverage (i. — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts, 488

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