[Krimel] > The only > definitions that come close to being unambiguous are "this" and "that" > when accompanied by a pointing gesture.
Ostensive definitions are notoriously ambiguous. When you point & say "rose", am I to take it as a sample of a rose, a plant, a petal, red, a shape, a living thing, something that needs water, something pretty, ad infinitum. Craig Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
