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| of its results. | | of its results. |
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| in the realm of meaning -- these are questions for an extended future inquiry. | | in the realm of meaning -- these are questions for an extended future inquiry. |
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| Perhaps I ought to comment on the differences between the present and | | Perhaps I ought to comment on the differences between the present and |
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| to permit the initial symbol to characterize, to cover, to regenerate, | | to permit the initial symbol to characterize, to cover, to regenerate, |
| or to produce itself, if that turns out to be the best way in the end. | | or to produce itself, if that turns out to be the best way in the end. |
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| Before I leave this Subsection, I need to say a few things about | | Before I leave this Subsection, I need to say a few things about |
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| are demanded by the application and intended by the designer, and not so much the | | are demanded by the application and intended by the designer, and not so much the |
| peculiar characters of the signs that represent these classes of practical meaning. | | peculiar characters of the signs that represent these classes of practical meaning. |
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| Any description of a language is bound to have alternative descriptions. | | Any description of a language is bound to have alternative descriptions. |
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| this piece not only fits the type q but even comes to be generated under | | this piece not only fits the type q but even comes to be generated under |
| the auspices of the non-terminal symbol "q". | | the auspices of the non-terminal symbol "q". |
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| A moment's reflection on the issue of style, giving due consideration to the | | A moment's reflection on the issue of style, giving due consideration to the |
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| as the simplest and the most primitive in principle, even if they are | | as the simplest and the most primitive in principle, even if they are |
| scarcely recognized as lying among the more familiar elements of logic. | | scarcely recognized as lying among the more familiar elements of logic. |
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| relation, one that involves an unspecified number of unspecified domains. | | relation, one that involves an unspecified number of unspecified domains. |
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| A quantity of information is a measure of constraint. In this respect, | | A quantity of information is a measure of constraint. In this respect, |
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| by the indices "<1>" and "<2>" can be recognized as a special case of concatenation, | | by the indices "<1>" and "<2>" can be recognized as a special case of concatenation, |
| albeit through the posting of editorial remarks from an external "mark-up" language. | | albeit through the posting of editorial remarks from an external "mark-up" language. |
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| In order to systematize the relationships that strictures and straits | | In order to systematize the relationships that strictures and straits |
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| but it is the best that I can do in the present informal context. | | but it is the best that I can do in the present informal context. |
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| + | <pre> |
| | We are only now beginning to see how this works. Clearly one of the | | | We are only now beginning to see how this works. Clearly one of the |
| | mechanisms for picking a reality is the sociohistorical sense of what | | | mechanisms for picking a reality is the sociohistorical sense of what |