Re: Thinking about MINUS

From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:25:46 GMT
Message-ID: <ePEoh.583056$1T2.578386@pd7urf2no>

Aloha Kakuikanu wrote:
> Marshall wrote:
>

>>On Jan 8, 9:22 am, "Aloha Kakuikanu" <aloha.kakuik..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>paul c wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well, if I have 10 Navel Oranges and 10 Tangerine Oranges and I ask how
>>>>many Florida Oranges I've got, I would hope the answer would be zero,
>>>>not "contradiction".
>>>
>>>This is why the concept of type (or domain) is not such a great idea.
>>
>>!
>>
>>I would have to disagree with that assertion.

>
>
> Why do we even speak about types in this example? The example is
> clearly about units (and not about types and domains). How is
>
> "10 Navel Oranges"
>
> is different from
>
> "10 cm"
>
> ? ...

One has to do with food, which is very important to humans and the other has to do with more abstract pleasure, which also for humans has alternate sources!

p Received on Mon Jan 08 2007 - 22:25:46 CST