On Wed, 3 May 1995 kent_myers@smtplink.sra.com wrote:
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> Sometimes I'm sad that I think so little and think so slowly compared to
> graduate school. But there are problems there too, the one-idea people,
> the distinction-without-a-difference people, etc.
>
Thanks for a most insightful post. The distinction-without-a-difference
people have been with us for a long time, haven't they. One of them,
Prodicus, was mercilessly lampooned in one of Plato's dialogues: the
Protagoras, 337:a-c
Regards
Jim Michmerhuizen
jamzen@world.std.com
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