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But this is how you have to begin, isn't it? You have to look carefully at all the situations in which we say the word "is", and any of its cognates -- and consider whether this or that situation has anything in common with all or any of the others -- and then describe what it is they have in common, if they have anything in common at all. (And also, when I am describing what I am going to do, I am using the word "is", so my description of my project, also contains information, which the project can take account of -- though it is unclear how much weight to put on the use of the word in this description, if any.) (And if one arrives at an explanation of the meaning of the word "is", it is also true, that the sentence which explains the meaning of that word, will also explain the meaning of any of its occurences in that sentence.) (Overall, too strange, and perhaps unpleasant.)