Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: The actual truth is that ... industry standard stipulative definitions Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:35:23 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <1071eb58637e27c9b2b99052ddb14701a147d23a@i2pn2.org> <58fef4e221da8d8bc3c274b9ee4d6b7b5dd82990@i2pn2.org> <99541b6e95dc30204bf49057f8f4c4496fbcc3db@i2pn2.org> <72315c1456c399b2121b3fffe90b933be73e39b6@i2pn2.org> <1180775691cf24be4a082676bc531877147202e3@i2pn2.org> <7e79306e9771378b032e6832548eeef7429888c4@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:35:24 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a2f4596ff028e636d7320aa11ac5f85c"; logging-data="4080674"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19sHbIaMZudhswGYnrtYsAs" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ASQ+v6VYiGRQMo3F8lOwkp9Xxt4= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 241019-4, 10/19/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 4088 On 10/19/2024 7:00 AM, Mikko wrote: > On 2024-10-19 11:17:38 +0000, olcott said: > >> On 10/19/2024 3:54 AM, Mikko wrote: >>> On 2024-10-16 17:14:55 +0000, olcott said: >>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> As is if you lie about your reviewers. >> >> I never lie because I believe that this could >> result in eternal damnation. > > So you say. Would be more credible if you would sometimes show some > honesty. > It seems to me that I am always honest and most of my reviewers mostly use the strawman deception in all of their rebuttals. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer