[lit-ideas] Re: Listed Buildings
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:25:54 EDT
In a message dated 4/28/2010 2:02:53, ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I decided I wanted to know how many grades of listed building there
actually are. The answer is "two...sort of." There's grade one and
grade two.
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Isn't this going TOO strong by the Establishment?
Why can't I speak of Grade 3, Grade 4, etc.
"a Grade I listed building"
"a Grade II listed building"
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"a Grade III listed building"
"a Grade IV listed building"
"a Grade V listed building"
"a Grade VI listed building"
"a Grade VII listed building"
"a Grade VIII listed building"
"a Grade IX listed building"
"a Grade X listed building"
"a Grade XI listed building"
"a Grade XII listed building"
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How did I get that? The answer is simple. I apply Giuseppe Peano's
recursive loop. He defines an expression (I just used "Grade N listed
building")
for any N which stands for the variables.
In fact, "Grade I" and "Grade II" are now seen as concrete instantiations
of "Grade N" listed building.
We provide by mathematical induction:
With N = 1
we get:
"a Grade I listed bulding"
We apply Peano's first axiom and we get, simply enough:
"a Grade II listed building".
While most civil servants stop at that, I'm not (one), so I proceed,
naturally enough, using Peano's generation of natural-language sequences.
The possibility of having "Grade N listed buildings" is the dream of the
urban architect.
--- Ritchie may wonder, "And where are those buildings listed?" -- but
that's neither here nor there.
Donal McEvoy may object that this creates a "Meinongian jungle" -- but
this is NOT a philosophical objection.
J. L. Speranza
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