tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post115526494248882625..comments2023-12-23T04:37:14.632-08:00Comments on Gaia Garden: Flotsam and JetsamGaia Gardener:http://www.blogger.com/profile/00692281131036600613noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post-1156538967412534402006-08-25T13:49:00.000-07:002006-08-25T13:49:00.000-07:00Well, you made me go to my trusty Webster's, so it...Well, you made me go to my trusty Webster's, so it's a good day!<BR/><BR/>According to the dictionary, tautology is "a needless repetition of an idea, statement or word". The second definition for the related word "tautologous" may be closer to what you were thinking: "true by virtue of its logical form alone." The first definition of "tautologous", though, boiled down to "redundant"! <BR/><BR/>I'll have to leave it to you to tell me if tautology is the right logic phrase, though!Gaia Gardener:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00692281131036600613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post-1156289634156131592006-08-22T16:33:00.000-07:002006-08-22T16:33:00.000-07:00I love mangled truisms..:-)Especially when they're...I love mangled truisms..:-)<BR/><BR/>Especially when they're still true. Still a tautology, after all that mangling. <BR/><BR/>(IS tautology the right logic phrase?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com