4. Alphabetical by what?
Avicenna vs. Ibn Cida
MacArthur vs. McArthur
Saint Petersburg vs. St. Petersburg vs. Санкт-
Петербу́ рг
Author vs title vs director vs actor
7. Random:
• Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective
• proceeding, made, or occurring without definite
aim, reason, or pattern:
Arbitrary:
• Based on or subject to individual judgment or
preference
• Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and
not by necessity, reason, or principle
12. Two easy errors:
Some people are afraid that acknowledging that
different perspectives see the world differently give
everyone permission to invent their own reality.
Other people are afraid that insisting there is one “true”
way to perceive reality give everyone permission to
enforce their personal preferences on others.
13. How do the examples below
deal with this question:
Pluto becoming a dwarf planet and being removed
from the list of planets.
Mendeleev’s periodic table and other versions of the
periodic table.
14. The last butcher-based metaphor
you will get in this class:
There are many ways to carve a pig, but none of them
have the snout connected to the tail. - Umberto Eco