On 8 November 2010 08:24, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Well, what is your definition of museum? I don't have to follow > slavishly wikipedia but I took this as a first indication. > > This reminds me of turning to the dictionary for a definition of "democracy" when debating political philosophy. There have been thousands of years of debate and disagreement over the arts - what constitutes art, what gives it meaning, what makes somebody an artist, what we mean by "the art world", and so on. That is why I don't think we should turn to Wikipedia for guidance, even for a first indication. We might consult the Dewey system to see how it categorised things, though recognising we have a more powerful tool in our hands. We shouldn't expect something so resistant to definition to easily fit into a short dictionary definition or worst of all a Wikipedia decision. Regards, Tom -- http://tom.acrewoods.net http://twitter.com/tom_chance
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