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6、aspringeronline.comvPrefaceThisbookisorganisedintoalargenumberofbrief,self-containedentries.Admittedly,thereisnosuchthingasaself-containedentry.Forexam-ple,youneedsomeknowledgeofEnglishtounderstandthisparagraph.But,theprincipleisthateachentry,ofoneortwop
7、ages,isaconceptualwholeaswellasapartofagreaterwhole(seenote20)inthesamewaythatacarhasfourwholewheels,andnoteighthalfwheels.Someentriesareintendedtodemonstrateatechnique,orintroduceanhistoricallycontingentfactsuchastheactualsyntaxofacontemporarylanguage,o
8、rinthiscase,aspecificissueregardingthisbook.Othersareintendedtoillustrateamoreeternaltruth.Theymaybeaboutacontemporarylanguage,butstressaphilosophicalpositionorbroadlybasedattitude.BothoftheseIhavecallednotions.Finally,ther