From jjllambias@xxxxxxx.xxxx Sat Oct 30 05:44:56 1999 X-Digest-Num: 270 Message-ID: <44114.270.1482.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 05:44:56 PDT From: "Jorge Llambias" Masses have the *logical* sum of the properties of their members, according >to one standard view. In the case of weight, this amounts to the >arithmetic sum, in most non-numerical cases it is the disjunction. On that >view, a mass of three dogs would bite a mass of two men if one of the dogs >bit one of the men -- though we do need to know how/why they sets were >massified. Yes, that makes sense. That at least one of the dogs bites at least one of the men would be a necessary condition for our description, but not sufficient. There would also have to be a reason for taking the dogs as a unit and the men as another unit. In any case, that would be a more common situation than the perfectly coordinated full distribution of bites. co'o mi'e xorxes