SYSTEMA CONSTRUCTUM

III. Edges — the which-came-first test

Law 9: INSTANCE_OF.

`X INSTANCE_OF Y` means X is a specific case of the general Y. The specific points at the general, never the reverse. *"X is a specific kind of Y" is ALWAYS INSTANCE_OF — the court struck this confused as CONTAINS four…

`X INSTANCE_OF Y` means X is a specific case of the general Y. The specific points at the general, never the reverse. *"X is a specific kind of Y" is ALWAYS INSTANCE_OF — the court struck this confused as CONTAINS four times before the rule held: `standard CONTAINS protocol`, `tradition CONTAINS feudal-obligation`, and others were all corrected to INSTANCE_OF.*

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