RE: [jboske] a personal gadri paradigm (was: RE: lo'e gadri: can weconverge towards a resolution?

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote:

> xod:
> > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote:
> >
> > > The relevant LAhE:
> > > set lu'i
> > > massified lu'o
> > > collectivized lu'oi
> > > average lu'ei
> > > unique lu'ai
> >
> > More terminology issues. I know only what the first one means. Tell us
> > about the other 4. And *which* average did you mean?
>
> massified:
> the individuating boundaries of each broda are erased, so that
> multiple broda form a single sludge:
> The bowl contains *apple*.
> There was *dog* all over the pavement.



Now that I've introduced the idea of emergent properties as the
distinction mark of the "mass", can we agree to call the above something
else? Like a "substance"?



> collectivized:
> a group of things jointly
> The *apples* filled the bowl.



So, a multiplicity, without emergent properties?



> average:
> an imaginary broda that in its properties is representative of
> broda in general.
> As for *which* average, I think that it should be glorked from
> context. But I wouldn't to further LAhE that specify particular
> sorts of representatives (prototype, mean, median, mode).
>
> unique:
> "the one and only broda"; all broda are treated as the same one broda.
> *Blue* is my favourite colour.
> *Monday* is the first day of the week.
> *B* is the second letter of the alphabet.
> I like *sherry*.
> *Sherry* is sweet.
> *The platypus* lays eggs.
> *The Afghan* is a dangerous foe.
> Is *the pope* catholic?


Very nice examples.

If we can fix the above issues, I'll post it to my summary page.



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