Re: A definition of 'two' (2) please?


John Jones wrote:
If I put one troll in the fridge and then another in the freezer, then

is it by definition, or by example, that I have two trolls?

If Mary in Perth puts a troll in the fridge, and John in Cardiff puts
a troll in the freezer, then is it by definition, or by example, that
there are two instances of one troll, two instances of a troll, or
two trolls?


So, if there is any justice in the world, are
1) two instances of one thing
2) two instances of a thing
3) two things


the same? and by example or definition?

Depends upon their functionality.

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