Re: RE : aboutness and broader

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Jonathan Chetwynd <
j.chetwynd@btinternet.com> wrote:

> so many appear to be obsessed with defining concepts that are by general
> agreement elusive.
>
> is the hippopotamus in this room an animal?
> well it is, but we might be hard put to prove it....
>

No, but your *email* about a hippopotamus  is by definition also about
animals...