Dear Kalevi, The term "Arbitrary" probably has many meanings depending on the context involed. But for the purpsoe of my suyllogisms concerning the relations betwee4n mathematics and semitoics and mathemtics and experimental data, the following simple defintions suffice:
(i) non-uniqueness (ii) one-to-many related (iii) more than one Examples: (i) two ore more mathematical equations can fit a given set of data (ii) more than one interpretation is possible for a given mathemtical equation (iii) more than one interpretaitons are possible for a statement or propostiions. All thse arbitarinesses may be because all representations, regardless of their forms or types, are imprecise, or the ultimate reality is beyond representations, as the first principle for the Taoist philsophy (as I understand it) informs us. That is, "Doh Gah doh, Be Sahng Doh" (in Korean, which translate4s into English thus :"All principles/concepts, once articulated, are no longer the permanent principels/cocepts), With all the best. Sung __________________________________________________ Sungchul Ji, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Rutgers University Piscataway, N.J. 08855 732-445-4701 www.conformon.net > > > Dear colleagues, > > could anybody provide a good precise definition of ARBITRARITY to be > used in the contemporary general semiotics? It's an important concept > and should be properly used. > > Best > > Kalevi > >
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