All,

Speaking of standards, here's a link to several renderings
of the standard advice pragmatic thinkers give anyone who
desires to clarify her or his concept of any object of
discussion or thought.

Seven Ways of Looking at a Pragmatic Maxim
https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2008/08/07/pragmatic-maxim/

I think my favorite version is the deuteronymous one.

| Consider what effects that might _conceivably_
| have practical bearings you _conceive_ the
| objects of your _conception_ to have.  Then,
| your _conception_ of those effects is the
| whole of your _conception_ of the object.

I think it works as well to clarify one's concept of a concept.

Regards,

Jon

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On 3/15/2021 12:35 AM, John F. Sowa wrote:
>
> The word 'concept' is an English word, which has
> multiple rather vague meanings.  It is a serious
> mistake for ISO or anybody else to attempt to
> standardize its meaning.
> But it is possible to standardize certain words within
> a particular theory.  For example, the ISO standard for
> Common Logic defines a concept in a conceptual graph to
> be a node with a precisely defined syntax and semantics.
> But that definition is only meaningful within that very
> specialized context.
>
> John
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