Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Of three and chickens
Numbers, i think you would agree, are properties of things.
If numbers are properties of things, what then, are they properties of?
There are three chickens. What is the number 3, property of?
The chicken? No.Each chicken is one.
The chickens? No, that'll be the group of them, and a group is one single entity. [eg, a flock of birds]
So unless you can decide on what 3 is property of, you cannot associate 3 with the chickens.
... Which would make the phrase "three chickens" crazy, and impossible.
And, there would be no such thing as "three chickens".
And, there would be no such thing as "three chickens".
Which, anyone would say, there is.
How now?
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How now?
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Credit: Aristotle
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