tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post1317021683372811118..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: An infinity argument for incommensurabilityAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-72768652440539456782011-10-12T08:44:38.657-05:002011-10-12T08:44:38.657-05:00Yup now the sentence makes sense to me. :)Yup now the sentence makes sense to me. :)Leonhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815705241524089233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-82357342865500605712011-10-12T07:22:00.220-05:002011-10-12T07:22:00.220-05:00The relation of being-more-valuable-than is transi...The relation of being-more-valuable-than is transitive. Does that help?Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-69927940794122850322011-10-12T00:23:31.593-05:002011-10-12T00:23:31.593-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Leonhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815705241524089233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-47994075830210945912011-10-12T00:23:04.470-05:002011-10-12T00:23:04.470-05:00Okay, I think I get that now. What about premise 6...Okay, I think I get that now. What about premise 6? Being what? What is being uhm more than transitive? I'm having tremendous difficulty in making sense of that sentence.Leonhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815705241524089233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-16081868358521478412011-10-11T16:06:21.382-05:002011-10-11T16:06:21.382-05:00I mean each of the premises to hold individually f...I mean each of the premises to hold individually for any worlds. So don't assume that the w1 and w2 in premise 1 are the same w1 and w2 in premise 3.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-75212329404643235482011-10-11T16:02:04.239-05:002011-10-11T16:02:04.239-05:00Maybe this will be a dumb question, but isn't ...Maybe this will be a dumb question, but isn't there a tension between premise 1 and 3? You say that w1 and w2 contain the exact same individuals, but in premise 3 you state that w1 and w2 differs from each other because of the individuals they contain.<br /><br />Premise1: A and B are identical.<br />Premise2: A and B differ from eachother.Leonhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815705241524089233noreply@blogger.com