I'm going to resist posting an argument right now; can you expound on this
statement? How and when can logic be applied to non-logical spheres?
>>I don't think that focussing on definitions is a very
>>reliable way...
>Definitions are absolutely essential to communication
>and (as abstractions) understanding.
I have to agree with you on this, whole-heartedly. People think things are
"just semantics." But semantics are the only way that we can relate to each
other.[1]
--- John
[1] This includes hand gestures, body-language, etc: a "semantics" -- if
you will -- of non-spoken language. We're all aware that similar gestures
have wildly different connotations in different languages.
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