Re: Eternal Verities

From: patty (pattyNO_at_SPAMicyberspace.net)
Date: 10/23/04 

Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:30:46 GMT

Lester Zick wrote:
> Eternal Verities
> -------
>
> Lester's opinion -
>
> Everything is differences because alternatives are self contradictory
> since anything different from differences is an oxymoron.
>
> patty's opinion -
>
> Lester's opinion is wrong because philosophers don't like tautologies
> and patty isn't nearly as stupid as this argument suggests.
>

What is gained and what is lost why someone misstates another's position?

To set the record straight: Lester's assertion is not wrong because it
is a tautology; rather it is just inconsequential.

Let's code Lester's statement as a logical predicate to see what i am
talking about:

   (forevery X) (X isa difference)

or perhaps we could try another word:

   (forevery X) (X isa Thing)

or maybe the one used in RDF:

   (forevery X) (X isa Resource)

In fact what we put at the top of any ontology tree is just a token that
fits into that axiom of class theory. Now does Lester see why his
statement is of no consequence ? Nope, he will not comprehend this.

patty

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