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I am an online subscriber to Focus On The Family.
I support their biblical, Christian focus, but I am not always in agreement with theological and psychological explanations provided.
This takes me back to one of the critiques from United Kingdom educational days and the need for robust theology and robust theological answers.
This just arrived via email from Focus as email header:
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For a book.
Ah, that is the solution! Having completed an online copywriting course, several years ago, this header is as much about copywrite as theology and psychology.
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Compact Symbols
LANGER, SUSANNE K (1953)(1967) An Introduction to Symbolic Logic, Dover Publications, New York.
Langer explains that symbols used within symbolic logic should be easy to write and recognize and be compact. (59).
Langer used 'ch' for chess-playing. (54-59).
The symbol 'ch' could in another context symbolize 'chess'.
The author explains:
'A chess-man' used within symbolic logic, would unless 'highly conventionalized' (59), be a poor symbol for chess-playing. (54-59).
She explains that the 'A' as a poor symbol example provided, could be easily confused for the symbol 'a'. (59). Symbols such as '2' and 'i' could also be confused with other symbols that were similar to those. (59). Unless specific symbols are 'conventionalized', they should be avoided for the sake of clarity. (59).
The author also mentions the legitimate problem of 'typographical convenience' (60), and indeed this was an issue documented in my last article, also reviewing the Langer text, as my laptop keyboard is not equipped to correctly type all of Langer's symbols. I also could not find her exact examples online to copy and paste.
Symbols should be presented clearly and compactly.
Another reasonable possibility for a 'chess-playing' symbol.
'cp'
As noted 'ch' could also be used as a symbol for chess, and I reason the following could be as well.
From Chess symbols:
Wikipedia
Two examples cited:
white chess king ♔
black chess knight ♞
Possible uses within symbolic logic:
♔=chess
♞=chess
♔p=chess-playing
♞p=chess-playing
However, I was required to copy and paste the chess symbols and therefore for the sake of clear and compact communication these symbols would need to be 'conventionalized' and available within typographical convenience for reasonable, clear and compact, dialogue.
No, I do not play chess, but have been known in the past to play British computer soccer.
