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RE: [jboske] Paper to consider on intensionals?



Nick:
> So, And in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jboske/message/1732 says that 
> Unique does work as an intensional:

Hang on, though. I end that message by saying I now have big doubts
about that, and that I will explain them in message 1736.

> I want A Doctor (A Doctor is the kind of thing I want)
> I draw A Doctor (A Doctor is the kind of thing I draw)
> 
> And there is a Kind of 6-letter gismu, which you can talk about 
> wanting, needing, describing, though it may end up having no denotation 
> 
> I could start pondering whether that works, but 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jboske/message/1736 (the Big Rethink) 
> says no, intensional isn't a Unique, because you can intensionally want 
> masses as well, and the Unique, whatever it is, is an individual. Right?

Yes. 
 
> So we are indeed back to square one. You know, you'd get your 
> cross-cutting with ka'ai too: leka'ai, leika'ai, le'ika'ai, lo malkampu 
> be leika'ai... [Jordan, your football team takes it up the khyber].. 

I look forward to learning more about ka'ai, then.

--And.