Pat, (01)
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 12:39 AM, Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ... I also fail to see how a random set of
> numbers can have any content. ... What
> kind of "content" can a purely random set - or, to be concrete, lets make it
> a random linear sequence of numerals - have? (02)
Perhaps you can talk to Chris about this. He spent an entire message
blaming me for implying he said they could not: (03)
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Christopher Menzel <cmenzel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> *I* would never characterize random sets as meaningless...
> ...
> ...I also did not propose that random means "devoid of
> content". (04)
Chris: Can you tell me where I "...proffered a vague objection to the
effect that (in a CL interpretation, there will always be sets of
individuals that are not the extension of any property) might be a
limitation that rules out certain meaningful relations as
meaningless"? (05)
-Rob (06)
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