Variability in Language

       The purpose of this page is to address the belief that there are "right" and "wrong" definitions.

       There are languages besides english. In these languages different or same noises as the ones we use represent different or same ideas. Yet in each of these languages logical reasoning is possible and this logical reasoning comes to the same conclusions as english does, though they may sound different when spoken in the other language.
      The process of language creation is somewhat arbitrary. What if instead the english language formed in such a way that two words' (meaning sounds/letter-sequences) meanings were switched? One must argue that such a language would not produce valid reasoning or that it is logically valid to rearrange definitions in english now.

      That being said, if two people use the same word (sound/letter-sequence) with different meanings they will not be disagreeing, they will be speaking about different topics. The significance of a word depends on its meaning. If I define "god" as "my cat" I can prove that god exists; but the significance of this statement will not be the same as it would be by other definitions of god.

      It's still possible to claim that even though all definitions are equally capable of providing valid reasoning that some definitions are still "right" and "wrong." In this case whichever meaning of "wrong" you have chosen does not seem to have significance. So what if a definition is "wrong"?