Re: The word "symbol"

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On 12 Aug 2005 08:36:37 -0700, "vc" <boston103_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >David Cressey wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >> c. example: two holes in two pieces of card stock each represent a vote
> >> for Al Gore in Florida.
> >
> >You mean two holes in two cards represnt *two* votes ? If not, could
> >you clarify what you mean ?
>
> Probably, "two holes each in a different piece of card stock each
> represent a vote for Al Gore in Florida."
>

Thanks.

So we have yet another definition of the symbol as a member of an equivalence class defined by the relation x 'names_the_same_thing_as' y, in other words, a symbol is a member of the set of synonyms for some entity. Still, it's unclear how this trivial classification is of any use to data management or anywhere else for that matter.

> >
> >Cheers.
Received on Fri Aug 12 2005 - 14:21:00 CDT