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Re: [jboske] Ontology #2




la nitcion cusku di'e

I've tried and failed to prove that these possibilities blanket the
universe. But I can show so weakly by defining how entities may
combine, by induction.

For some properties at least, they don't blanket the universe.
For example, consider the property "...is a solid cube".
- A solid cube is not a hole of that property, obviously.
- It is not an atom, because it contains portions that are
solid cubes.
- It is not a substance, because it contains portions that
are not solid cubes.
- It is not a group, because none of its portions is an atomic
solid cube.

(You probably want all solid cubes to be atoms, and that they
have no portions, but then you have not been clear on
what counts as a "portion".)

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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