In other words, the propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character – that is, they do not describe the behaviour of physical, or even mental, objects; they express definitions, or the formal consequences of definitions.
It cannot be expressed through definition, through any defined object, or through anything else".
Although the Act provides no express definition of that residual phrase, the text and structure of subparagraph (E) tell us what that language means.
I express a definition of adaptive capacity in mathematical terms that summarizes current theories on how adaptability is built, ties the concept to related concepts in adaptation, and poses questions about theoretical limits and thresholds for adaptation.
Numerous attempts have been made to express a definition for family firms (Sharma 2004).
In the sequel, we express the definition of second-order strongly generalized differentiability which is proposed in [51].
These limitations are fundamentally related to the lack of consistency among the operational definition expressed by this type of index, the conceptual definition with which it is associated and the political definition it supports.
Current thinking is expressed in the definition presented by the Definition and Classification Subcommittee of the International Dry Eye WorkShop Report [ 2]: Dry eye is "a multifactorial disease of the tears and ocular surface that results in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance, and tear film instability with potential damage to the ocular surface.
This textual definition is accompanied by a computable logical definition expressed as an OWL equivalence axiom: ECO_00000030 EquivalentTo ECO_0000206 and used_in some ECO_0000218 ECO_00000030 EquivalentTo ECO_0000206 and used_in some ECO_0000218 Such compositional terms are all descended from the 'evidence' root class (e.g. 'BLAST evidence') and connected with the 'is_a' relationship.
As already mentioned (The Brønsted Lowry definition), the reaction expressed by the Brønsted Lowry definition, A ⇄ B + H+, does not actually occur in any solution processes.
The U.S. sociologist Herbert Blumer determined a desire for social change in collective behaviour, as expressed in his definition: "a collective enterprise to establish a new order of life".
