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| − | =====1.3.5.10. A Formal Utility=====
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| − | | Ultimate solution. -- We believe in reason:
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| − | | this, however, is the philosophy of gray concepts.
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| − | | Language depends on the most naive prejudices.
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| − | | (Nietzsche, 'The Will to Power', S 522, 283).
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| − | The usefulness of the MOI as the upshot of the formalization arrow is
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| − | that it provides discussion with a compact image of the source domain.
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| − | In formalization one strives to extract a simpler image of the larger
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| − | inquiry, a context of participatory action that one is too embroiled
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| − | in carrying out step by step to see as a whole. Seen in this light,
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| − | the purpose of formalization is to identify a simpler version of the
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| − | problematic phenomenon or to fashion a simpler image of the difficult
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| − | inquiry, one that is well-defined enough and simple enough to assure
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| − | its termination in a finite interval of space and time. As a result,
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| − | one of the main benefits of adopting the objective of formalization
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| − | is that it equips discussion with a pre-set termination criterion,
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| − | or a "stopping rule".
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| − | In the context of the recursive inquiry that I have outlined,
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| − | the step of formalization is intended to bring discussion
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| − | appreciably closer to a solid base for the operational
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