Dear Ingvar, (01)
> Pat Hayes wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> 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. (02)
[MW] That of course would not do for a 4 Dimensionalist. There is no
spatio-temporal extent separate from that which has the property that can be
the trope. (03)
Regards (04)
Matthew West
http://www.matthew-west.org.uk/ (05)
>
> Ingvar Johansson
>
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