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Re: Latin, the Enlightenment, and science
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Dec 26, 2009 12:57 PM
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In sci.lang Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
> Didn't you learn in science that definition by enumeration is
> unacceptable?
On the contrary, in mathematics, definition by enumerating axioms
is THE acceptable way (granted, you probably did not mean _this_)...
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