Re: Terminology poll

On 2017-06-26 4:21 PM, David Chadwick wrote:
> The Issuer is in fact making a statement, so why call it a claim?

Not true, taken verbatim. I tried working this through in an example, 
and came to a problem:

The Issuer is making a 'statement of fact', not just a 'statement'.

That is, they are tying their statement to the real world. They are 
saying that their statement is true.

A 'statement of fact' is the same as a claim, in dictionary 
definitions. A 'statement' isn't.

So I agree the word claim could be removed, but only if it's replaced 
by the same meaning, ie., 'statement of fact' or an equivalent.

Steven

Received on Tuesday, 27 June 2017 00:13:10 UTC