From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu 17 Oct 2002 - 18:05:53 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.
>
And two performances of the cha-cha are, although not precisely
identical, two tokens of the meme-type "dance the cha-cha".
>
> - Wade
>
> PS When is a silent observer a participant?
>
When (s)he absorbs a meme from the observation.
>
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