Re: Counting Nick

["Nick Nicholas <opoudjis@optushome.com.au>" <opoudjis@optushome.com.au>]

--- In jboske@yahoogroups.com, "And Rosta" <a.rosta@l...> wrote:

> See the message I've just sent off. If we can distinguish between
> intensional kinds and 'extensional kinds' -- "that which is Mr Broda",
> "that which realizes Mr Broda" -- then all is okay.

As in, Kinds of things --- and kinds of avatars?

> The notion of 'Extensional kinds' doesn't work for countables, only
> for uncountables. That's why I've been calling this notion
> 'Substance'.

... no, still don't get it. Sorry.

Intensional Kind: That which is Nick, underneath all the avatars
That which is Gold, underneath all the avatars?

Extensional Kind: That which is bits of Gold, underneath nothing?

Help me here, I have no idea what you're talking about, and why xodium and 
gold are different. Gold is potentially to be spoken of in other worlds too, after 
all.