Ha! I was honsetly halfway through writing this before Rons message poppoed up...
Definition: ok so the dictionary says what it says, but usage in language IS what it actually means to each of us. For me the real "definition of definition" comes from what it isn't not what it is, its different from "description" and also from "metaphor", "similie", "analogy" etc etc. Cant actually think of any direct synonyms for "definition". The diagnostic tool for detecting a definition is in the way its stated not in what it means or whether its accurate, you define a definition by the intent of the person who offers it. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of david buchanan > Sent: 01 May 2007 15:19 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] Heads or tails? > > > Ian glendinning said he is... > "..still waiting ...For Platt to post his favourite > dictionary definition of > "defintion". > > dmb says: > I don't get it. Seems to me that "definition is death" only > if you think > obscurity and confusion is life. Seems to me that clarity is > the enemy of > bullshit, drivel and lies and that "definition" plays an > important role in > clarity. It also seems that "definition" is not at all > difficult to define. > As I understand the MOQ, all of static reality comes into > existence through > a process of differentiation, by way of distinctions and > language itself is > something like a giant, interrelated set of definitions. > Definition is the > essence of all symbolic thought. Even the single celled > organism has a very > fundamental sense of distinction and "knows" this is better than that. > > def-i-ni-tion. noun. 1.Statement of the exact meaning of a > word. An exact > statement or description of the nature, scope or meaning of > something. 2. > The degree of distinctness in outline of an object, image or > sound. From the > latin verb definire; set bounds to. > > driv-el. noun. 1. Silly nonsense. 2. 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