Re: Intelligence and Nomologicalism

2010-09-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 Sep 2010, at 05:26, Rex Allen wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:12 PM, 1Z peterdjo...@yahoo.com wrote: On 22 Sep, 17:20, Rex Allen rexallen31...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I'd have to hear your definition of property to make any sense of that. In what sense is it like the properties of

Re: What's wrong with this?

2010-09-25 Thread Brent Meeker
On 9/25/2010 12:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Umm, I had no idea that this would be so difficult to understand! I am claiming that if there does not exist a means to determine a difference then no difference can be said to exist. This is just a restatement of the principle of identity of

Re: What's wrong with this?

2010-09-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Sep 2010, at 18:06, Brent Meeker wrote: On 9/25/2010 12:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Umm, I had no idea that this would be so difficult to understand! I am claiming that if there does not exist a means to determine a difference then no difference can be said to exist. This is just a

Re: Intelligence and Nomologicalism

2010-09-25 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
The text is well done. Thanks. A question. What would be the consequence of the nomologicalism for a person that would like to earn some more money? Well, let us not consider the case when one successfully sells the text about nomologicalism. Evgenii on 21.09.2010 19:10 Rex Allen said the