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Re: Creativity



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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