[Sigia-l] data as information?
Listera
listera at rcn.com
Fri Jul 1 00:24:06 EDT 2005
Conal Tuohy:
> It's just one particular bunch of formal semantics and if you don't find
> them useful you don't have to use them.
Which is precisely what I said I'd do.
> It's usually the case with scientific theories that they re-use common
> words with new specialised meanings
Which, by definition, betray their own biases.
> But don't expect to have a productive theoretical discussion
Which I wasn't having as I don't subscribe to the theory and never declared
my willingness to abide by its biases.
> because we'll only be endlessly disputing the meanings of
> individual words,
Which is why I said I stopped arguing some time ago.
Now, if you have anything new to tell me...:-)
Ziya
Nullius in Verba
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