Re: Terminology question

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 6 Sep 2006 21:16:30 -0700
Message-ID: <1157602589.942020.183300@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>

pamelafluente_at_libero.it wrote:
> Marshall ha scritto:
> > pamelafluente_at_libero.it wrote:
> > >
> > > After all a definition is always tautological because based on other
> > > definitions.
> >
> > Definitions are not tautological. Tautologies are true; definitions
> > are neither true nor false.
> >
> Hi dear. Clearly, I used "rhetoric", not "logic" definition, which is
> the most widely understood usage of this word...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_%28rhetoric%29

Well, I was not familiar with that use of the word. However, having read that page, it appears that definitions are not tautological under that definition either.

Marshall Received on Wed Sep 06 2006 - 23:16:30 CDT