On Friday, February 1, 2013 12:12:17 AM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > On 1/31/2013 6:12 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:38:28 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: >> >> On 1/31/2013 4:46 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> What's an entity? >> >> >> Any system whose canonical description can be associated with some >> kind of fixed point theorem. >> > > Nice. Interestingly this just came up on another list five minutes ago. > Some interesting etymology too: > > entity (n.) > 1590s, from Late Latin entitatem (nom. entitas), from ens (genitive > entis) "a thing," proposed by Caesar as prp. of esse "be" (see is), to > render Greek philosophical term to on "that which is" (from neuter of prp. > of einai "to be;" see essence). Originally abstract; concrete sense in > English is from 1620s. > > entire (adj.) > late 14c., from Old French entier "whole, unbroken, intact, complete," > from Latin integrum (nom. integer; see integer). > > A slightly different meaning when we formalize it... a literal entity has > a thingness definable by position. A more figurative or casual reference > could mean like a 'the aspect of a presence or representation which > emphasizes its closure'. > > Craig > > Hi Craig, > > Position is one kind of dimension that is identifiable via a fixed > point, for example: Craig is at such and such an address. >
Hi Stephen, I would tend to consider address just another kind of position though. Is there an example of something which fixed point theorem addresses which is not a dimension which can be defined by position? Isn't the act of fixing a point the same as formalizing a position? Craig > > > -- > Onward! > > Stephen > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
