Re: Coextensive properties?

From: Neil W Rickert (rickert+nn_at_cs.niu.edu)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:18:01 +0000 (UTC)

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"Pierre-Normand Houle" <houlepn.nospam@attglobal.net> writes:

>Quine might say (but I would have to look further into this) that the class
>"red" which is useful in science (as a starting point) is the class of objects
>x that have in fact prompted, and will in fact prompt, users to
>ascent to the proposition "x is red" when they are (have been) visually
>presented with them.

The trouble with this, is that a scientist would have to poll the
populace to see whether something is in class red. He could no
longer rely on his instruments.

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