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BPFK Section: gadri

Robin Lee Powell scripsit:

> > I have to agree. The rest of the gadri proposal makes perfect sense to
> > me; but as soon as Mr. Cat enters the picture, it sounds like
> > something completely different and alien.
>
> Actually, from the perspective of the proposal I have no problem with
> it, it's the 'constants' think that messes me up.

The point is that since there's exactly one Mr. Cat, "all Mr. Cats" and
"some Mr. Cats" mean exactly the same thing, so you don't have to
worry about scope issues.

> Is there a difference between "ravens are tricksters" and "Raven is a
> trickster"? Unless one is independetly worshiping Raven (in which case
> it's "la raven" anyways), I don't see a difference.

Well, that's *one* meaning of English "Ravens are tricksters". It can
also mean that each raven is a trickster, or that some ravens are
tricksters, or the "thin abstraction" consisting of what ravens have
in common includes tricksterness.

--
Evolutionary psychology is the theory John Cowan
that men are nothing but horn-dogs, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
and that women only want them for their money. http://www.reutershealth.com
--Susan McCarthy (adapted) jcowan@reutershealth.com