At 7:29 PM +0200 7/27/08, Wacek Kusnierczyk wrote:
>Pat Hayes wrote:
>> At 9:28 AM -0400 7/27/08, John F. Sowa wrote:
>>
>>
>>> In summary, this discussion illustrates the point I was tying to make:
>>> If we use words at a vague level (without detailed definitions and
>>> axioms), we can reach agreement. But if we try to pin down the exact
>>> meanings to the level necessary for writing detailed axioms, we get
>>> into an endless series of analyses and disputes about different ways
>>> of doing the analysis.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, indeedy :-)
>>
>>
>
>and discouragingly (?) (01)
No, I don't think so. The moral is to know when
to stop analyzing and just write something down
:-) (02)
Pat (03)
>vQ
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