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| ===Commentary Note 8.2=== | | ===Commentary Note 8.2=== |
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− | <pre>
| + | I will continue with my commentary on CP 3.73, developing the Othello example as a way of illustrating its concepts. |
− | I will continue with my commentary on CP 3.73, developing | |
− | the Othello example as a way of illustrating its concepts. | |
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− | In the development of the story so far, we have a universe of discourse | + | In the development of the story so far, we have a universe of discourse that can be characterized by means of the following system of equations: |
− | that can be characterized by means of the following system of equations: | |
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− | 1 = B +, C +, D +, E +, I +, J +, O | + | : 1 = B +, C +, D +, E +, I +, J +, O |
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− | b = O | + | : b = O |
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− | m = C +, I +, J +, O | + | : m = C +, I +, J +, O |
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− | w = B +, D +, E | + | : w = B +, D +, E |
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− | This much provides a basis for collection of absolute terms that | + | This much provides a basis for collection of absolute terms that I plan to use in this example. Let us now consider how we might represent a sufficiently exemplary collection of relative terms. |
− | I plan to use in this example. Let us now consider how we might | |
− | represent a sufficiently exemplary collection of relative terms. | |
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− | If we consider the genesis of relative terms, for example, "lover of ---", | + | If we consider the genesis of relative terms, for example, "lover of ---", "betrayer to --- of ---", or "winner over of --- to --- from ---", we may regard these fill-in-the-blank forms as being derived by way of a kind of "rhematic abstraction" from the corresponding instances of absolute terms. |
− | "betrayer to --- of ---", or "winner over of --- to --- from ---", we may | |
− | regard these fill-in-the-blank forms as being derived by way of a kind of | |
− | "rhematic abstraction" from the corresponding instances of absolute terms. | |
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| In other words: | | In other words: |
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− | 1. The relative term "lover of ---" can be constructed by abstracting
| + | # The relative term "lover of ---" can be constructed by abstracting the absolute term "Emilia" from the absolute term "lover of Emilia". Since Iago is a lover of Emilia, the relate-correlate pair denoted by "Iago:Emilia" is a summand of the relative term "lover of ---". |
− | the absolute term "Emilia" from the absolute term "lover of Emilia".
| + | # The relative term "betrayer to --- of ---" can be constructed by abstracting the absolute terms "Othello" and "Desdemona" from the absolute term "betrayer to Othello of Desdemona". In as much as Iago is a betrayer to Othello of Desdemona, the relate-correlate-correlate triple denoted by "I:O:D" belongs to the relative term "betrayer to --- of ---". |
− | Since Iago is a lover of Emilia, the relate-correlate pair denoted
| + | # The relative term "winner over of --- to --- from ---" can be constructed by abstracting the absolute terms "Othello", "Iago", and "Cassio" from the absolute term "winner over of Othello to Iago from Cassio". Since Iago is a winner over of Othello to Iago from Cassio, the elementary relative term "I:O:I:C" belongs to the relative term "winner over of --- to --- from ---". |
− | by "Iago:Emilia" is a summand of the relative term "lover of ---".
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− | 2. The relative term "betrayer to --- of ---" can be constructed
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− | by abstracting the absolute terms "Othello" and "Desdemona"
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− | from the absolute term "betrayer to Othello of Desdemona".
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− | In as much as Iago is a betrayer to Othello of Desdemona,
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− | the relate-correlate-correlate triple denoted by "I:O:D"
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− | belongs to the relative term "betrayer to --- of ---".
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− | 3. The relative term "winner over of --- to --- from ---" can be constructed
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− | by abstracting the absolute terms "Othello", "Iago", and "Cassio" from the
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− | absolute term "winner over of Othello to Iago from Cassio". Since Iago is
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− | a winner over of Othello to Iago from Cassio, the elementary relative term
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− | "I:O:I:C" belongs to the relative term "winner over of --- to --- from ---".
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− | </pre>
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| ===Commentary Note 8.3=== | | ===Commentary Note 8.3=== |