“How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”
No, it has five. There’s nothing special about the word “leg” that requires that a dog have four of them. Of course, if you equivocate between the two definitions and conclude that a dog has five paws, you have a problem, and I assume this is Lincoln’s point.
“How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”
No, it has five. There’s nothing special about the word “leg” that requires that a dog have four of them. Of course, if you equivocate between the two definitions and conclude that a dog has five paws, you have a problem, and I assume this is Lincoln’s point.