tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post5172007533961187779..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Nonexplanatory Platonic entitiesAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-38381106817610071922012-10-22T20:55:31.188-05:002012-10-22T20:55:31.188-05:00"There is an isomorphism between legal US vot..."There is an isomorphism between legal US voters and some set of social security numbers. We can then construct a relation voting* between numbers and candidates such that n votes* for c if and only if the voter with social security number n votes for c. But while one could use facts about voting* to organize our information about elections, it is facts about voting—an action performed by persons, not social security numbers—that in fact explain election outomes." <br /><br />There are two simple alternative explanations on election results. The first one is that one of my coworkers always admonishes everyone on the team to "Vote early and vote often." The other explanation is that dead people are often very conscientious about their civic duty to vote. We can even add a third explanation and it has something to do with hanging chads . . .Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-16270696603644890452012-10-22T20:52:56.696-05:002012-10-22T20:52:56.696-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.com