In a message dated 9/24/08 7:09:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I suspect that we are all close to agreeing on part of this dicussion (but
> I
> could be wrong).
> Could we agree that some words are or refer to "categories"?
>
We tried that. I don't think anyone really thought about it. I also think
that part of the problem is cheerskep's definition of "exists". Apparently
things
only "exist" if you can sense them physically,which means that no idea or
category "exists". He keeps insisting that these things are all "notions",
meaning that they are changeable and usually inaccurately described. Most of
the
problem comes from people using the words for ideas as if the ideas were actual
things, something which is very easy to do in English. Actually I don't think
any language has a mechanism for describing ideas separately from things you
can sense physically.
Kate Sullivan
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