Friday, May 14, 2010
Needed more discussions...
I thought the concept of what a good definition was in chapter 2 needed further discussion because there can be many different ways people view a good definition as rather than just the way the book states it. There are some people who I personally know that are really strict on what good definitions are. Good definitions do not just consist of words but there can be good definitions of statements and sayings that people say. For example, when I was having lunch with my boyfriend the other day I told him, "oh my new roommate for next year is really rich." He replied by saying, "what's your definition of rich?". I replied back by saying that, "well both of her parents own businesses." My boyfriend replied back to me saying, "that doesn't necessarily mean that she is rich, you should rethink what a good definition is for being rich." After having that conversation with him I thought about how the book had a concept that was talking about good definitions and I realized that it was not thoroughly discussed.
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I really enjoyed reading your post today. It is also a concept of which I thought required more discussion. They simply stated just a bunch of words as what a good definition was and did not thoroughly explain what those words meant in their eyes. For example, those words could have been very misinterpreted, just like your example and the definition of rich, and mean something so completely different than it was intended to for different readers. It is very difficult to figure out whether a definition is good just based on interpretation alone, there is too much variety in what could be interpreted as good versus what could be interpreted as bad.
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