When looking at it "through a crisp glass", the relation is a preorder, not a (partial) order. And priming is essential. For example, in certain contexts, we think that "an animal is a human" (anthropomorphism).
On 10/9/07, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ack! Let me rephrase. Despite the fact that Pei always uses the words of > inheritance (and is technically correct), what he means is quite different > from what most people assume that he means. You are stuck on the "common" > meanings of the terms "is an ancestor of" and "is a descendant of" and it's > impeding your understanding. > ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=51437008-630e6a
