Are we entitled to so define, or is Hook bogged down in a form of "persuasive definitioneering"?
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Definitioneering
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...danger is that we may become bogged down in 'definitioneering'; that is, we may become advocates of special definitions that are arbitrarily stipulated.
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Makkonen argues that the rationale of the rights concerned should always be taken as a point of departure, rather than an attempt at a priori 'definitioneering'.
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"...when you try to define it it becomes a surreal puddle of definitioneering," said drummer Brandon Weaver.
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