Re: Adept's questions on chaos

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_nbtBGej1X0xgZ_A5wL94iI_NzK-FyDO7Bxzbo9D4AIZQRtcJkyIWjAIrP3cnkhgm8nU>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:08:18 +1200


Paul King

>I've got to admit that defining "being chaotic" as "having a chaos
>feature" and then insisting that "being
>chaotic" is a chaotic feature in itself seems to be rather begging
>the question.

If I had ever said that being chaotic was a chaotic feature in itself you might have a valid criticism. What
I actually did say was that being a chaotic creature was a chaos feature. And begging the question
isn't the same thing as a circular definition.

--Peter Metcalfe            

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