Matthew, (01)
You say below: (02)
> > In
> > logic a term is just some string used as an identifier for some thing. It
> > does not do its job if it identifies more than one thing. (03)
I understand the theory but who determines the one thing that is identified by
a "term" used as you define it? (04)
Hope you are having a great weekend! (05)
Patrick (06)
On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 23:25 +0100, Matthew West wrote:
> Dear David,
>
> > I'm having great difficulty getting my noodle around this "one term =
> > one meaning" concept.
>
> The confusion arises from the different meanings of the word "term".
>
> Some of you are using it as a synonym for "word or phrase", and some of you
> are using it the formal sense in which it is used in logic.
>
> For those of the "word or phrase" persuasion, how about "one concept one
> meaning"? Would you expect a concept to have more than one meaning? That is
> essentially the sense in which those versed in logic use the word "term". In
> logic a term is just some string used as an identifier for some thing. It
> does not do its job if it identifies more than one thing. Words and phrases
> are not like that, and although "term" is often used with that meaning, it
> is not the meaning that logicians use.
>
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>
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