A definition is not merely a name on your map, it’s the location in the greater scheme of the map, the longitude and latitude. A definition fixes a notion with respect to some other notions, all of which together form your machinery, your belief network, your map. This machinery may bear no relation to reality, but then, to me, the point of definitions is to be clear, not accurate.
A definition is not merely a name on your map, it’s the location in the greater scheme of the map, the longitude and latitude. A definition fixes a notion with respect to some other notions, all of which together form your machinery, your belief network, your map. This machinery may bear no relation to reality, but then, to me, the point of definitions is to be clear, not accurate.