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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The actual truth is that ... industry standard stipulative
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:14:55 -0500
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On 10/16/2024 3:23 AM, Mikko wrote:
> 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.

Not at all. If reviewers are lying about my work
that is libelous.

> 
>>> 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.
> 

"properly qualified"

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