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I think that it might serve the discussion to put aside our troublesome,
prior but disparate notions of consistency and contingency for a little
while and see if we can find a &quot;language independent terminology&quot; (LIT)
for describing the cloven aspects of meaning that we might, among us,
be able to recognize.  Now, I realize that this LIT rubric is likely
to sound like a contradiction in terms, so I had better explain what
I mean.  Think of how