Commentary
In Lewis Carroll's Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Humpty Dumpty said: “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” One may not agree with this approach, but it may well be preferable to using a word: (a) with only a vague idea of its meaning, or (b) with...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1998
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1998, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 190-193 |
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| Summary: | In Lewis Carroll's Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Humpty Dumpty said: “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” One may not agree with this approach, but it may well be preferable to using a word: (a) with only a vague idea of its meaning, or (b) with many possible meanings. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180198222122 |