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From: Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi>
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Subject: Re: The actual truth is that ... industry standard stipulative definitions
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:23:00 +0300
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On 2024-10-15 12:33:47 +0000, olcott said:

> On 10/15/2024 3:54 AM, Mikko wrote:
>> On 2024-10-14 16:05:20 +0000, olcott said:
>> 
>>> A stipulative definition is a type of definition in which
>>> a new or currently existing term is given a new specific
>>> meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a
>>> given context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipulative_definition
>>> 
>>> *Disagreeing with a stipulative definition is incorrect*
>> 
>> The Wikipedia page does not say that. It only says that a stipulative
>> definition itself cannot be correct.
> 
> If X cannot be incorrect then disagreeing that X is correct
> is incorrect.

While agreement with a definition is incorrect in some sense one
can choose whether to accept the or reject the definition.

>> It says nothing about disagreement.
>> In particular, one may diagree with the usefulness of a stipulative
>> definition.
> 
> It seems that my reviewers on this forum make being disagreeable
> a top priority.

Irrelevant.

>> The article also says that the scope of a stipulative definition is
>> restricted to an argument or discussion in given context.
> 
> Once a stipulated definition is provided by its author it continues
> to apply to every use of this term when properly qualified.

No, it applies only to the contributions of the author and of those who
use the term without giving a different definition, and only in the
discussion where it was presented.

-- 
Mikko