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The Bard once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.†His point was that labels are less important than reality. A rose is a rose whether you call it a rose or a turtle or the moon. Nonetheless, labels have their uses. When used right, labels neither determine nor distort reality but depict reality in abbreviated form. There is a word called ‘rose’ which corresponds to the idea of an actual rose, so when I want you to think of a rose, I don’t have to describe all the characteristics of a rose. I can say the word ‘rose’ and the proper object comes to mind.
