Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:22:30 -0500

Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
>
> What is your size? Is it your wieght? Your height? your area? People
> use the word "size" to refer to unrelated things even in the context
> of the same set.

Size sometimes means extent. Sometimes it means amount (what is the size
of your bank account etc. etc.). Sometimes it means degree. Whatever its
meaning it is usually associated with a quantity over a linearly ordered
ring.

Bob Kolker

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