From: John Jones on
Monsieur Turtoni wrote:
> In my opinion. there are are no "objects" since they're continually
> changing

A philosopher would criticise that statement, because you are using the
term "object" in a familiar way, yet claim a meaning for it that falls
or stands on the familiar meaning.

> and therefore unable to be objectified as a thing apart for
> the employment of subjective rulings in order to carry out the stories
> that interact with the state at those points in time after they
> happen. The fourth dimnetation of time is interesting facet in the
> order of things.

There's a lot of unravelling of ideas needed there.
From: Monsieur Turtoni on
On May 15, 12:40 am, Monsieur Turtoni <turt...(a)fastmail.net> wrote:
> In my opinion. there are are no "objects" since they're continually
> changing and therefore unable to be objectified as a thing apart for
> the employment of subjective rulings in order to carry out the stories
> that interact with the state at those points in time after they
> happen. The fourth dimnetation of time is interesting facet in the
> order of things.

I don't remember writing that. Odd. Was probably half asleep.
From: John Jones on
Mark Earnest wrote:
> On May 13, 7:47 pm, John Jones <jonescard...(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
>> There are no physical objects that have properties. For example, we do
>> not have a body, nor is an object heavy.
>>
>> Rather, properties are a means of identifying one type of object, the
>> physical object. The physical object behaves in a certain way, a way
>> that is distinct from the behaviour of properties.
>>
>> Thus, it follows that all physical objects are identical. For the
>> mathematician or logician, it also follows that a function only
>> establishes a relationship between variables when the variables are of a
>> particular type. For example, the volume of a sphere is a function of
>> (or is related to) the radius of a sphere only if the sphere is not
>> physical.
>
> Even atoms have properties. Look at oxygen and hydrogen.
> The whole entire ocean is their properties.
>

But these properties are'nt inherent.
From: John Jones on
Zerkon wrote:
> On Fri, 14 May 2010 01:47:26 +0100, John Jones wrote:
>
>> There are no physical objects that have properties. For example, we do
>> not have a body, nor is an object heavy.
>>
>> Rather, properties are a means of identifying one type of object, the
>> physical object. The physical object behaves in a certain way, a way
>> that is distinct from the behaviour of properties.
>>
>> Thus, it follows that all physical objects are identical. For the
>> mathematician or logician, it also follows that a function only
>> establishes a relationship between variables when the variables are of a
>> particular type. For example, the volume of a sphere is a function of
>> (or is related to) the radius of a sphere only if the sphere is not
>> physical.
>
> How then can an apple fall from a tree and land on the ground?
>

The apple, tree and ground are identified through falling.