Comments on: discernibility not transitive? http://www.aboutlogic.info/discernibility-not-transitive Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.aboutlogic.info/discernibility-not-transitive/comment-page-1#comment-3542 admin Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:36:11 +0000 http://www.aboutlogic.info/discernibility-not-transitive#comment-3542 <p>When people speak of the non-transitivity of indiscernibility, they <br /> usually have in mind something like what normal perceivers can <br /> discriminate in normal conditions using only their unaided perceptual <br /> capacities. <br /> </p><p>steven gross <br /> </p><p>- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -</p>paulmitchell <p...@ricochet.net> writes: <br /> >I just read this in 20th Century Philosophy by Ayer and <br /> >I'm wondering if it's considered uncontroversial.  If energy <br /> >levels for electrons etc. are quantized (and I don't under- <br /> >stand this really, but so I've heard) wouldn't discernment <br /> >between the levels be transitive?  Mightn't this transitivity <br /> >then apply to color and position if perceived at a fine enough <br /> >level?  If discernibility is truly not a transitive relation at <br /> >any level, does this spell the end for categories of any kind? <br /> >I'll appreciate any enlightenment about this.  tnx <br /> <p>>                                    Paul Mitchell <br /> >                                    UC Santa Cruz <br /> <br /> </p> 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

>                                    Paul Mitchell
>                                    UC Santa Cruz

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