>(1) Noun Phrase-1 + TO BE + Noun Phrase-2 (Identity)
>(2) Noun Phrase-1 + TO BE + Adjective Phrase-1 (Predication)
>where TO BE represents an appropriately inflected form of the verb "to be."
>Critical thinkers have argued against using statements having the structure of
>(1) because they *immediately produce high order abstractions* that lead the
user to premature judgments.
Hmm... seems to me that the whole purpose of learning is to "immediately
produce high order abstractions". Are you against forming high order
abstractions?
Joshua McMichael
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