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== Example for a thing == | == Example for a thing == | ||
[[File:Auriga_Leader.jpg|400px|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriga_Leader]] | [[File:Auriga_Leader.jpg|400px|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriga_Leader]] | ||
| + | === What is it it? === | ||
| − | + | === [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatchamacallit Whatchamacallit?] === | |
* I call it a ship. | * I call it a ship. | ||
* I also call it a roro-ship. | * I also call it a roro-ship. | ||
Revision as of 18:35, 7 January 2018
No fear of Meta
When you start talking "Meta" you might end up very lonely. Meta denotes an abstraction level that seems to be so far away from reality that quite a few people simply do not bother. Basically there are three abstraction level on which you can deal with things:
- The thing level
- The concept level
- The meta level
The thing level
A thing (also called object, entity, instance, item, element) is something, anything. If you can point at it or talk about it or call it "it" then it is probably a thing.
There is a thing called "concept" and that makes Meta interesting. Talking about a thing needs to clarify Whatchamacallit?
Example for a thing
What is it it?
Whatchamacallit?
- I call it a ship.
- I also call it a roro-ship.
- I also call it a Vehicle carrier
- I also call it a thing.
- I also call it a vessel.