Re: there is no ultimate essence

On 8/28/2021 1:59 PM, Tomas Pales wrote: On Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 11:34:07 PM UTC+2 Brent wrote: That's almost literally Mermin's slogan for the view, which he also advocates, "Relations without relata."  But are relations abstracted away from relata really any different fr

Re: there is no ultimate essence

On Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 11:34:07 PM UTC+2 Brent wrote: > > That's almost literally Mermin's slogan for the view, which he also > advocates, "Relations without relata." But are relations abstracted away > from relata really any different from numbers abstracted from things > counted? >

Re: there is no ultimate essence

On Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 11:32:38 PM UTC+2 telmo wrote: > > > Am Di, 24. Aug 2021, um 20:54, schrieb Tomas Pales: > > On Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 1:00:34 PM UTC+2 telmo wrote: > > Those relations are between nothings? > > > > Between relations. > That's fine but infinite regress of r

Re: The American Taliban

On 8/28/2021 6:11 AM, John Clark wrote: Well the Taliban have taken over Afghanistan and have already outlawed the keeping of song birds as pets because they produced music, which is also banned, they won't even allow humming, and they have outlawed the flying of kites apparently because it's

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The American Taliban

Well the Taliban have taken over Afghanistan and have already outlawed the keeping of song birds as pets because they produced music, which is also banned, they won't even allow humming, and they have outlawed the flying of kites apparently because it's fun and having fun is banned. The Taliban pre