Pat Hayes wrote: (01)
> I think this is not what is meant, if I understand the 'trope'
> language. Take a concrete case, a measurement of length in meters and
> two identical sticks A and B, with exactly the same length. There is
> one property here, called "length", which applies to both sticks and
> produces the same value in each case, say 3.1 meters. So: two sticks,
> one property, one length value of that property. (02)
I think the solution is to accept the existence of both properties and
tropes (property instances). So: two sticks, one property, two property
instances, one length value of that property that are instantiated twice. (03)
Ingvar Johansson (04)
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