Right. Of course. But it's very telling that you put the word *purpose* last. It is that purpose that sets the entire context, including the appropriateness of any definition in the lexicon used while engaged in the project. You seem to have ignored my point about use cases and how they set the tolerances on discretization error.
On 11/02/2017 10:21 AM, Steven A Smith wrote: > I am about to go to my boneyard and search for two specific concrete blocks > which I remember to have put there when I took the large woodstove out of my > sunroom, and trust they are still there (or wherever I actually put them) and > that when I find them and brush off any accumulated detritus and load them on > my garden cart, I can haul them back to my house where I will use them in the > same mode as I did last year, only in a different location. This all depends > on a strong illusion of my "self", on the objectness of said blocks and > woodstove and garden cart, and a continuity of "self" roughly ranging back to > the time when I dismantled to the present as I plan and scheme to the future > when, in fact, I am pretty confident I will find the woodstove perched on top > of those very same blocks again. Of course, I may change plans mid-course > if I find another set of blocks with more appropriate or promising qualities > for the purpose.. -- ☣ gⅼеɳ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
