Re: More on identifiers

On Jun 5, 3:58�am, robu..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> On Jun 5, 1:25 pm, "Walter Mitty" <wami..._at_verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Consider two electrons. �They both have the same mass, and they have the
> > same charge. �They might have opposite spins. �But the minute we add a third
> > electron, the spin of two of them is going to be identical. �It seems that,
> > on the surface at least, electrons do not have enough properties to carry
> > identity.
>
> If objects are really not distinguishable then why someone would want
> to artificially identify them? Wouldn�t be better to record just their
> quantity?

For a philosophical take on this issue of distinguishability:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-indiscernible/ http://homepages.wmich.edu/~baldner/black.htm

--Jeff Received on Fri Jun 05 2009 - 21:38:16 CEST