From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu 17 Oct 2002 - 11:54:07 GMT
On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 02:30 , joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> When we see three pine trees in a row, according to you, they all have
> to have individual names (just as all behaviours are individual, just so
> must all objects be)
Ah, well let it be said that I never demanded they all have different
names. Never said that. Never meant to imply it. Have no idea how that
got communicated to you.
I only said no two of them are ever identical.
Names are just that- woids.
A tree is a tree is a tree. But tree1 is not tree2. I would have thought
that to be elementary semantics.
You can use the same name for different things, of course. I would have
thought that obvious, as well.
There are two Cadillac Eldorados. Nice cars, if you like that type of
car. Same year, same color, same options. One of them misfires at
cylinder 5. Which one? They have to behave to find out.
- Wade
PS When is a silent observer a participant?
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