>> IAN: A definition is useful IF it puts
>> the defined in context, IF it defines
>> the relations of the defined to things
>> that are different than it. The "A=A"
>> definition of A does not do that...
>I have an even stronger standard: that the identity
>of an can be expressed as the relationship between
>X and not-X is a truism that a 12-year-old could
>understand with a bit of reflection...
IAN: Gee, think you could get that 12-year-old
to have a little sit down with Anton Sherwood?