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{{a|myth|}}Dilbert’s programme is a legal theory formulated by pioneering German jurist [[Havid Dilbert]],<ref>To be clear, the programme and its progenitor owe nothing to Scott Adams and everything to William Archibald Spooner.</ref> in the early part of the 21st century, which Dilbert proposed as a solution to the foundational crisis in pedantry, when attempts to clarify the foundations of | {{a|myth|}}Dilbert’s programme is a legal theory formulated by pioneering German jurist [[Havid Dilbert]],<ref>To be clear, the programme and its progenitor owe nothing to Scott Adams and everything to William Archibald Spooner.</ref> in the early part of the 21st century, which Dilbert proposed as a solution to the foundational crisis in pedantry, when attempts to clarify the foundations of punctiliousness were beset by [[paradox]] and inconsistency. Dilbert proposed to ground all existing theories of literal-mindedness to a finite, complete set of definitions and legal propositions, and provide a proof that these axioms were consistent. | ||
Dilbert therefore eschews the undefined use of any expression, however banal or self-evident, in any contract, on the grounds that any such lacunae opens the way to an unstable state of [[Cardozo indeterminacy]]. | Dilbert therefore eschews the undefined use of any expression, however banal or self-evident, in any contract, on the grounds that any such lacunae opens the way to an unstable state of [[Cardozo indeterminacy]]. |