Editing Roderick Chisholm (section)

==="Chisholming"===
Stylistically, Chisholm was known for formulating definitions and subsequently revising them in the light of counterexamples. This led to a joke definition of a new verb:<ref>Feldman, Richard and Feldman, Fred, "Roderick Chisholm", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2008/entries/chisholm/</ref> 
{{blockquote|text=chisholm, v. To make repeated small alterations in a definition or example. "He started with definition (d.8) and kept chisholming away at it until he ended up with (d.8′′′′′′′′)."|sign=[[Daniel Dennett]] and Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen|source=[http://www.philosophicallexicon.com/ ''The Philosophical Lexicon''], 2008}}
While intended as a joke, the term has found some use in serious philosophical papers (for example, Kevin Meeker's "Chisholming away at Plantinga's critique of epistemic [[deontology]]").<ref>Kevin Meeker. Chisholming away at Plantinga's critique of epistemic deontology. ''Australasian Journal of Philosophy''. Volume 76, Issue 1, 1998, pp. 90-96</ref>