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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!news.tek.com!tekig7!tekig5!briand
  2. From: briand@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Brian D Diehm)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: Help: problematic, self-evident, object and more
  5. Keywords: problematic,abstract,self-evident,object,adaptability
  6. Message-ID: <7664@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
  7. Date: 19 Nov 92 18:29:34 GMT
  8. References: <gillian.722185744@n33>
  9. Sender: news@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM
  10. Reply-To: briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
  11. Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
  12. Lines: 17
  13.  
  14. >"self-evidence"
  15. >    I need a *noun* meaning the quality of being self-evident (not
  16. >    necessarily always positive).  Maybe there isn't one, and I
  17. >    need to just rephrase, but it's also used as a criteria or
  18. >    category.  The context is adaptable features: how self-evident
  19. >    are the effects of a function, before and after use, and the
  20. >    use of the function itself.  I'm not satisfied with visibility,
  21. >    transparency, or obviousness.
  22.  
  23. Something that is intrinsically true through self-verifying logic is a
  24. tautology. Don't know if that's precisely what you're looking for.
  25.  
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  27. Brian Diehm
  28. Tektronix, Inc.                (503) 627-3437         briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
  29. P.O. Box 500, M/S 19-286
  30. Beaverton, OR   97077
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