Any system of classification or individuation of objects, any set of categories for describing the world, indeed, any system of representation at all is conventional, and to that extent arbitrary. (p. 160)
Searle, J. R. (1995). The construction of social reality. New York: The Free Press.
Voir aussi Danziger (1990), Feyerabend (1979), Hanson (1958/2010), Popper (1963/2006).