It seems to me that namespaces in natural language don’t work very well, either—separate concepts with the same name tend to contaminate each other regardless of any attempts to use “scopes” or “namespaces.” Take for example Bentham’s “utility” and Morgenstern’s “utility,” or statistical “significance” and practical “significance.”
It seems to me that namespaces in natural language don’t work very well, either—separate concepts with the same name tend to contaminate each other regardless of any attempts to use “scopes” or “namespaces.” Take for example Bentham’s “utility” and Morgenstern’s “utility,” or statistical “significance” and practical “significance.”
Indeed; but we can, at least, try not to make the problem worse. Namespaces are better than nothing!