Well, yeah ;->
>>common definition seems to me to be vital to further exploration of the
>>model: how far would we get in our discussion of "if humans are animals,
>>then..." if we have different conceptions of "animal"?
>
>I think people actually do get quite far without identical definitions.
>But you're right, discussions tend to be more productive if the
>participants are on the same page more or less.
After a bit more thought, I've decided that the important thing is for the
particpants to have a decent understanding of what each other means by
terms like "animal," even if the definitions don't agree.
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