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Definition of equality

what does "equal" mean without begging the question? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.138.62.148 (talk • contribs) .

The following argument is due to Bertrand Russell (who used it against defining the word good) and I'm no doubt presenting it badly, but here goes: You are obviously familiar with the word equal already or you would not have worded the question that way. Therefore, if I answered you with a dictionary definition like "as great as, the same as, alike in quantity or value", you would gain no new information and call it "begging the question". What you're really looking for is some non-trivial statement about equality, like "two things are equal if they can be exchanged without consequence in all circumstances", but that's not really a definition, it's a statement about the concept equality that doesn't have much to do with the meaning of the word equality itself. Dig? —Keenan Pepper 19:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bumper Stickers

I've seen some bumper stickers with the equal sign on them. What do they mean? 69.138.62.148 17:11, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. —Keenan Pepper 19:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If they're the same ones I'm thinking of, just an equal sign and nothing more, they're to promote equality and acceptance. 74.129.182.66 11:05, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

oopsies...i didnt know i could do that...srry —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.9.100.142 (talk • contribs) .

No problem, just be careful in the future. —Keenan Pepper 19:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese

This is very, very strange... I've only seen the middle dot(・) used to separate a foreign first name from a last name. (i.e. ソル・バッドガイ [to use the example in the article]) I feel it's better to remove this until there's a source cited for that anyway.74.129.182.66 11:02, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is true, The Japaneses use what is more closely related to a multiplication symbol.

I'm guessing they became confused. 69.215.155.4 (talk) 23:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Equals (computing) here

This article already describes the use of = in programming languages, and another article, Relational operator, describes the meaning in more detail than should be described here. Should any meaningful content from Equals (computing) be merged here? +mt 02:40, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I don't see why - this article is on the sign not the concept in computing isn't it--Wikierpedia (talk) 02:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]