Dictionaryish, n.Definitions

Dictionaryish is a kind of fortune cookie without the temporal dimension.

Dictionaryish is a provisor of definitions which, at one and the same time, are observations, assertions, and commentaries.

Dictionaryish is a dictionary that deals with conceptual knowledge, whereby 'conceptual' is understood more as a particular way of looking at entities than as an adjective belonging to the entities themselves.

Dictionaryish is a gallery of caricatures. It stands back and observes the shape ideas take in the biased ink of those who think upon them.

Dictionaryish is grounded in a disjunctive principle: That is to say that by offering up various definitions, none of which is definitive, it brings the reader closer to some diffuse truth. The truth it offers is closer to a scent of perfume than to the impenetrability of a diamond.

Dictionaryish is grounded in the idea that no one should have to read through a book in order to answer the most simple of conceptual questions. Books should be read in order to enter a world.

Dictionaryish is concerned with the fact that while Artificial Intelligence may be good at answering questions, it is not so good at helping you to figure out what kinds of questions you might be interested in asking. This requires browsing, categorizing.

Dictionaryish is a telescope for objects large and small. It flattens all objects that come into its view. In contrast to the microscope, whose slightest readjustment shows that any object has various levels, conceptionary instead flattens objects. What is liberty' What is Japanese's foreign policy' What is Japanese' A question so broad is a question answered.