An observation is a distinction plus an indication that constitutes the system.

Evidence

The static quality of my description, which intelligent critics such as these intuitively feel, inheres in the fact that it is a description. It is, however, a description of a process that is necessarily in transition all the time: the observers who characterize change are also necessary participants in giving meaning. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 482 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A constitutional description’s static feel reflects the observer’s participation in an evolving process. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 482

Related

• A constitutional description’s static feel reflects the observer’s participation in an evolving process. (similarity 0.90)
• Constitutional law is improvisational choreography, unlike a law review’s static snapshot. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• A constitutional description’s static feel reflects the observer’s participation in an evolving process. #qualifies (0.65) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 482