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2. It seems clear that a useful first step in the examination of this topic might be to establish an agreed vocabulary or terminology or "jargon" in order for us to hang a convenient and agreed label on each idea or notion or "concept" that we mention.

3. IdeasEach idea that areis truly a new needidea needs a newname; and that name must also be new.

4. On the other hand we need to know (as soon as possible!)when an idea is NOT new.

5. and,If ifthe itidea already has a generally-agreed name, we may be sure

(a) that the idea is not new, and

(b) that we may safely use that samegenerally-agreed name for the same idea when we use or refer to itthe idea.

5. Giving names in this way is known as "nomenclature". The word "nomenclature" is also used as a noun which refers to a particular vocabulary of names used particularly in a particular study or "discipline".