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xorxes: > la and cusku di'e > > > And I would not accept that Mr Lojbanist is a subkind of Mr Anglophone, > > even if the entirety of Mr Lojbanist's presence in our universe overlaps > > with that of Mr Anglophone. > > Do we need the relationship "...is a subkind of..." to be an > atemporal absolute one? I think so, since atemporality -- independence from the facts of particular worlds and times -- is in the very nature of Kinds. It is true, though, that Kinds (like Mr Phone-Number-of-John) can change, though, so I will have to ponder this. > Can't we say that Mr Lojbanist has until now in the real world been a > subkind of Mr Anglophone, but hopefully that won't always be the case? That's not how I see it. I'd see it in terms of overlapping avatarage, with subkind being a relation independent of worlds. --And.