On Friday, February 1, 2013 12:12:17 AM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > On 1/31/2013 6:12 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:38:28 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: >> >> On 1/31/2013 4:46 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> What's an entity? >> >> >> Any system whose canonical description can be associated with some >> kind of fixed point theorem. >> > > Nice. Interestingly this just came up on another list five minutes ago. > Some interesting etymology too: > > entity (n.) > 1590s, from Late Latin entitatem (nom. entitas), from ens (genitive > entis) "a thing," proposed by Caesar as prp. of esse "be" (see is), to > render Greek philosophical term to on "that which is" (from neuter of prp. > of einai "to be;" see essence). Originally abstract; concrete sense in > English is from 1620s. > > entire (adj.) > late 14c., from Old French entier "whole, unbroken, intact, complete," > from Latin integrum (nom. integer; see integer). > > A slightly different meaning when we formalize it... a literal entity has > a thingness definable by position. A more figurative or casual reference > could mean like a 'the aspect of a presence or representation which > emphasizes its closure'. > > Craig > > Hi Craig, > > Position is one kind of dimension that is identifiable via a fixed > point, for example: Craig is at such and such an address. >
Hi Stephen, I would tend to consider address just another kind of position though. Is there an example of something which fixed point theorem addresses which is not a dimension which can be defined by position? Isn't the act of fixing a point the same as formalizing a position? Craig > > > -- > Onward! > > Stephen > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
