Re: On formal HAS-A definition

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 01:01:30 -0300
Message-ID: <4bea2820$0$12448$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>


Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> On Tue, 11 May 2010 21:12:43 -0300, Bob Badour
> <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>

>>Tegiri Nenashi wrote:

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> [snip]
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>>>My attempt onto formal HAS-A definition fails, because it follows
>>>that
>>>
>>>x HAS-A x
>>>
>>>for any relation x, while in the set theory x HAS-A x doesn't hold for
>>>at least some x...
>>
>>Doesn't everyone have a self?

>
> No. 1) I *am* a self. 2) I do not have any employees, keep
> slaves, etc.

In other words, both operations have the same identity element. Received on Wed May 12 2010 - 06:01:30 CEST

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