On Oct 6, 2008, at 6:12 AM, Steven Pemberton wrote: > >> How does not giving the concept a name solve Dan's problem? > > The aim of a name is to uniquely identify something. As far as I am > concerned, as long as I have a method of uniquely identifying > something, I'm happy. > What would make me very happy would be for someone (perhaps yourself?) to tell me what is meant by 'identify'. Take a concrete example: suppose I have a name, told to me by someone, and to keep things general lets suppose that this name is not a URI. Now take two cases. In the first, this name is simply a character string. In the second, it also identifies something, in your sense of 'identifies'. What is different about these two cases? What can I do, using the name, in the second case that I cannot do in the first? And how does anything I can do with the name relate to whatever it is that the name identifies? Thanks for any help you can give. Pat Hayes > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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