Re: Problem with addition



John Jones wrote:
herbzet wrote:


herbzet's axiom (ta daa!):

Things are different only insofar as they are different, and no farther.

Corrollary:

At a sufficient level of abstraction, any two things are the same thing.

The axiom and its corrollary are more useful in polemics than in
mathematics. Sophists constantly draw irrelevant distinctions
in a given context, and conversely, overlook relevent distinctions
in a given context.


Looks catchy.

I'll post any good examples that I come across in the future.

If differences emerge from a perspective, we would,
however, need to give a mention or role for that perspective, otherwise
we are at risk of conceptually blurring the distinction between things
that are distinguishable, indistinguishable, and alike.

--
hz
.

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