ts talk, and
with the way that most philosophers talk.

&gt;You say:
&gt;But there is no inconsistency.  We can use the ordinary English
&gt;words without any trouble and relate them to various formal
&gt;definitions, which can also be stated without inconsistency.
&gt;
&gt;This does not seem to me (or the people who work in this area) to be true.

&gt;We loosely use the ordinary English words, just as people used to less
&gt;loosely use the words 'phlogiston' without any trouble. We can also relate

&gt;pa