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From: Fred Weiss
Date: Friday, March 07, 2008 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: Universal vs. Property
From: Fred Weiss
Date: Friday, March 07, 2008 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: Universal vs. Property
On Mar 6, 7:02 pm, Malrassic Park
> A universal is a property such that it is considered identical to all
> members of a class.
Except that there is no such thing, something which is *identical* to
all members of a class.
> And that definition is my solution to the problem of universals.
Earth to Mal, that IS the problem of "universals".
You know, "where is the man-ness in man"?
Which Ayn Rand brilliantly (earth-shatteringly, in fact) solved by
"measurement omission".
Fred Weiss
