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And Rosta scripsit: > So basically they mean pretty much the same as their English > glosses. As opposed to collectively forming some sort of > 5-point scale. I wish to go on record (as the virtual pc, it seems) as absolutely disagreeing with this. The so'V are and were meant to be just that, a five-point scale; the English keywords are imprecise, and deductions from them are illegitimate. So saith Woldy and so say I. -- John Cowan jcowan@hidden.email www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan Consider the matter of Analytic Philosophy. Dennett and Bennett are well-known. Dennett rarely or never cites Bennett, so Bennett rarely or never cites Dennett. There is also one Dummett. By their works shall ye know them. However, just as no trinities have fourth persons (Zeppo Marx notwithstanding), Bummett is hardly known by his works. Indeed, Bummett does not exist. It is part of the function of this and other e-mail messages, therefore, to do what they can to create him.