PH> ... but we ought to provide some axioms relating our notions
> to appropriate higher-level categories, if only in order to provide
> a guide to those whose task it is to write such axioms. Can people
> use 'mass' as a function on physical objects, for example? (01)
YES.
"Mass" can be interpreted as a function applied to a physical object.
An algorithm that evaluates this function is a weighing procedure. (02)
jbc
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