Shane Mage
> (a "definition" of a simple term is a composite term that may be > substituted for that term in all its uses within the given context: if X is defined > as (f)Y, then (f)Y can replace X throughout with no loss of meaning). If I understand Shane here, then I follow this practice whenever I have occasion to use the word "ideology"; I substitute "common sense," itself defined as spontaneous but(usually) unstated and not always recognized assumptions." One difficulty with Shane's definition of "definition" is that it does set up, it seems to me, an infinite regress, that cannot be resolved but only arbitrarily cut short. Carrol _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
