File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1997/marxism-thaxis.9711, message 30


From: "Jukka Laari" <jlaari-AT-dodo.jyu.fi>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 00:56:04 EET+200
Subject: M-TH: re:re: non-identity?


I decided to wait 24 hours but what the hell: exactly what fallacy 
there is (forgot the name of it) in this definition: 

"To be is to be the value of a variable." 

Can't Quine any better? (still think it's fabulous)

> > That's absolutely fabulous: "To be is to be the value of a variable." 
> > Too bad it doesn't say a thing about the difference between 'being' 
> > and 'existence'... 
> 
> Sure it does. It says there is no difference.

Huh? Well well... you must be joking... Just rushing home, back 
tomorrow 

Jukka


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