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John: > And Rosta scripsit: > > > > > -- According to my definitions of bluebirdhood. > > > > > > So Kind is subjective? > > > > Precisely as subjective as every predicate. In using a predicate, I cannot > > escape using my own beliefs about what its definition is. > > I don't think so. It's one thing to decide if something is or is not > a bluebird or a U.S. president. It's quite another to decide what > must or cannot be a bluebird or U.S. president. The two differ wrt sufficient conditions, but are equivalent wrt necessary conditions. But anyway, to make claims about the kinds Mr Broda is a subkind of is to make claims about the definition of Broda, and involves considering necessary conditions of category membership (which involves considering hypotheticals). --And.