One Response to “discernibility not transitive?”

1. admin says:

   January 26 at 2:36 am

   When people speak of the non-transitivity of indiscernibility, they
   usually have in mind something like what normal perceivers can
   discriminate in normal conditions using only their unaided perceptual
   capacities.

   steven gross

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   paulmitchell <p…@ricochet.net> writes:
   >I just read this in 20th Century Philosophy by Ayer and
   >I’m wondering if it’s considered uncontroversial.  If energy
   >levels for electrons etc. are quantized (and I don’t under-
   >stand this really, but so I’ve heard) wouldn’t discernment
   >between the levels be transitive?  Mightn’t this transitivity
   >then apply to color and position if perceived at a fine enough
   >level?  If discernibility is truly not a transitive relation at
   >any level, does this spell the end for categories of any kind?
   >I’ll appreciate any enlightenment about this.  tnx
   

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