>John Black wrote: >>There it is again. Am I missing something? One minute you are >>talking about London and the next minute you are talking about the >>concept of London. But aren't the two distinct? Everyone seems to >>do it (at least I used to, I'm trying to stop). But once more, >>surely the two have different referents: >>"I live in the city of London" - possible but false >>"I live in the concept of London" - huh? > > >The concept of you living in the city of London is possible but false... That's a proposition, not a concept. John is right. I confess to using 'concept' loosely. I will try to avoid the word in future, as it seems to add no useful content. All we need for the examples are a URI, a city, people and mailboxes. To hell with concepts. Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 cell phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayesReceived on Wednesday, 13 June 2007 17:15:02 UTC
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