Friday, June 29, 2012

Analogous Terms

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A while back I blogged on Univocal, Equivocal, and Analogous terms.   Thomas Aquinas wrote about these in Summa Theologica , so it is not r...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Rethinking Common vs. Technical Terms in Definitions and Some New Definition Rules

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After I posted the blog on "Common vs. Technical Terms in Definitions and Some New Definition Rules" I was contacted by Suzanne ...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

Dangers of Automated Hyperlinking in Definitions

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In my previous post I noted the example of the definition of “Mortgage-Backed Securities” in Prof. Campbell Harvey’s Hypertextual Finance G...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Common vs. Technical Terms in Definitions and Some New Definition Rules

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A good deal of work in dealing with definitions in information management is done by analysts, and when I have been doing analytical wor...
Monday, March 12, 2012

The Humpty-Dumpty Principle in Definitions

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In dealing with empty concepts, we came across the issue that if somebody uses a term that potentially has an unintelligible definition, the...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

What is an Empty Concept?

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In the last post, univocal, equivocal, and analogous terms were discussed.   It occurred to me afterwards that all of these classes of te...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Univocal, Equivocal, and Analogous Terms

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This is a topic which we will probably have to return to in the future, but a start has to be made.   Definitions are inextricably bound ...
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