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This reminds me of the problem of the many (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/problem-of-many/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/problem-of-many/), which I ha
by oehtXRwMkIs 6y ago
This reminds me of the problem of the many (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/problem-of-many/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/problem-of-many/), which I have a feeling won't have a satisfying solution within my lifetime. I think these issues may have practical good-enough solutions, but may never be "solved" since it's so open-ended and fundamentally vague/ambiguous.
- guerrilla 6y agoYea and the sorties paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox I think the solution may be to drop Aristotelian categoricism and opt for fuzzy logics and fuzzy set theories. Relatedly, causal continuity is also another solution philosophers often give for personal identity today re the transporter/cloning problem.