Re:Terminology problem

From: xgl (xgl@c4.com)
Date: Wed Apr 03 2002 - 13:26:59 MST


On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 14:48:31 -0500 "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com> wrote:
>
[snip]
>I want to get rid of the confusing similarity between "quantitative" and
>"qualitative". "Quantitative" fits well, so ideally I'd like to get rid of
>"qualitative" and replace it with something that more effectively conveys
>the image of a selection from a bounded set or binary set. Any suggestions?
>

try "enumerable," or use "discrete" versus "continuous" rather than "quantitative" versus "qualitative."

-x



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