I'm sorry I really don't have time for this, if the references aren't helpful just ignore them. You may also want to look at the subtitle of Glenn's memoir, out in April, if you think his views are left wing. I have a blurb on the book in case that's of any interest.
I'm sorry I really don't have time for this, if the references aren't helpful just ignore them. You may also want to look at the subtitle of Glenn's memoir, out in April, if you think his views are left wing. I have a blurb on the book in case that's of any interest.
It seems like you spent more time explaining that you don't have time while typing out references than it would take to explain the axiom. As near as I can tell from digging around for five minutes the anti-essentialism axiom merely states that for any particular thing or individual with any set of features or attributes there are worlds where the individual won't have one of them. That's... not terribly difficult to understand, and not terribly useful in the conversation; it is basically just saying that unless something is a defining trait of a thing, that thing need not always have the trait. It might always have the trait in the world we happen to inhabit now, of course.
I'm sorry I really don't have time for this, if the references aren't helpful just ignore them. You may also want to look at the subtitle of Glenn's memoir, out in April, if you think his views are left wing. I have a blurb on the book in case that's of any interest.
Well folks, you can't say I didn't try (edit: to give him ample chance to explain himself).
It seems like you spent more time explaining that you don't have time while typing out references than it would take to explain the axiom. As near as I can tell from digging around for five minutes the anti-essentialism axiom merely states that for any particular thing or individual with any set of features or attributes there are worlds where the individual won't have one of them. That's... not terribly difficult to understand, and not terribly useful in the conversation; it is basically just saying that unless something is a defining trait of a thing, that thing need not always have the trait. It might always have the trait in the world we happen to inhabit now, of course.