I suppose I think more in terms of systems, although not
strictly so: When I encounter a system (such as logic as used in
analytical statements) I ask myself: "What are the constraints
on this system?" Once I identify the constraints on the system,
I ask myself, "What are the purposes of these constraints?" In
the case of the bachelor: As a poet (if I allowed myself, I'd
write poetry all of the time but I almost never do), I can find
many uses for the word bachelor. It's not limited to strictly
unmarried men to me. But a constraint upon the system of, say,
our conversation here, you have placed a constraint upon the
term bachelor to have a singular meaning - for the purposes of
this discussion. Or perhaps for the purposes of proving a point,
which is often one of the purposes of logic. Proving a point
does not guarantee an absoluteness of truth, only a satisfaction
of the purposes given the constraints of the system we're
working within. That's how my brain works anyway*
