tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post4501449865189852001..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: The possibility of unicornsAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-27092136194609682862013-05-03T13:38:11.563-05:002013-05-03T13:38:11.563-05:00Gotcha. Thanks for that explanation.Gotcha. Thanks for that explanation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251565524682589544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-11075744823659865022013-04-29T16:06:43.718-05:002013-04-29T16:06:43.718-05:00On the vagueness take, "the 'unicorn'...On the vagueness take, "the 'unicorn' kind" is vague. Premises 1, 2, 4 and 5 are all definitely true. But premise 3 is definitely false--for every disambiguation of "the 'unicorn' kind" it is false.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-82525317976127801162013-04-26T13:56:44.732-05:002013-04-26T13:56:44.732-05:00I think I've found six premises Kripke might a...I think I've found six premises Kripke might approve and which entail that necessarily there are no unicorns:<br /><br />P1. Necessarily, for any natural kind, if it is the 'unicorn' kind, then necessarily (it is the 'unicorn' kind if it exists).<br />P2. Necessarily, the 'unicorn' kind (if there is one) is a 'one-horned equine' kind.<br />P3. Necessarily, for any 'one-horned equine' kind x, possibly there is also another 'one-horned equine' kind that has at least as much right to be the 'unicorn' kind as x does.<br />P4. Necessarily, if there is a 'unicorn' kind, then it has more right to be the 'unicorn' kind than does anything else.<br />P5. 'Unicorn' is a natural kind term.<br />P6. For any F, if "F" is a natural kind term, then necessarily there is an 'F' natural kind if there are any F's.<br /><br />Is Pruss objecting to the first premise? (I tend to reject P3 or P5.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251565524682589544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-78996532565780973752013-04-25T20:27:28.579-05:002013-04-25T20:27:28.579-05:00I don't recall ever seeing a one horned equine...I don't recall ever seeing a one horned equine. The equines I've dealt with always needed to have a good set of horns to keep their halos secure and set straight. My Thoroughbred, Merlin, was especially like this. I liked him when he was good, but I really loved him when he was bad. I once put a fly bonnet on his head, and the way this particular fly bonnet covered his ears made him look like he had devil horns. I had one good look at him and said "How becoming."<br /><br />Then when it comes to unicorns, you might want to check this one horned deer out:<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025793/The-horned-deer-solve-mystery-unicorn.html<br /><br />Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-50641167889294069212013-04-25T16:07:45.820-05:002013-04-25T16:07:45.820-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251565524682589544noreply@blogger.com