Re: Not Thing

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From: Torkel Franzen
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 11:39

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In article <1992Nov8.022211.4055@wixer.cactus.org> sparky@wixer.cactus.org
 (Timothy Sheridan) writes:

 >.......Does anyone get this?

  Get what? Your reflection

  >if we say there is an X and "X is never true" then it would seem

is somewhat lacking in clarity, since it is not obvious that there is any
substitution for "X" that produces an intelligible sentence. You suggest
"if nothingness is X", but neither "there is a nothingness" nor "nothing-
ness is never true" means anything in ordinary English.

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