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> A sufficient definition

The question is: what determines sufficiency?

Edit: Further, definitions are often very difficult to produce even in rudimentary form.




The property of sufficiency is itself what is obvious about a definition.

It's like pornography, you know it when you see it. And for the rare instances that it's not obvious, there are judges to make a decision.




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