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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:12:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lester Zick) wrote: >On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:06:51 +0100, Bouh <> in comp.ai.philosophy >wrote: > >>On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:41:15 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>(Lester Zick) wrote: >> >>>If an object has a weight of 2 lbs. that is a material property of the >>>object. >> >>Note that it is the mass which is a property. The weight may vary >> >I chose the term weight deliberately for that reason. Weight is also a >property. It is just not a property of the object in itself. It is >more really a property of the object in combination with the >gravitational system in which it is weighed. The difference is that we >then have a property of the object which has further definable >properties of its own. And I did this to illustrate that properties >themselves have properties. A trifle devious perhaps. But undoubtedly >significant. > > >Regards - Lester Ok ok anyway the mass varies too ;) Pat
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