Re: Delimiters <-- Re: IIT (Madras) point of view

Peter Constable wrote:

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> > From: Peter T. Daniels [mailto:grammatim@...]
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> > What is "the concept of 'the letter A'"?
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> Don't act like a Luddite, Peter. I know you have heard of Plato. There are real-world objects, such as chairs, and there is also the concept of 'chair', which words in various languages such as "chair" or "chaise" or "à¡éÒÍÕé" denote. Just so there are instances of the letter A and also the concept of the letter A.

No. Not outside a system. There is no "concept of 'the letter A'"
outside a "concept" of all the other letters.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...