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Short essay on dualism, idealism, & materialism as concerns Q: What is a table?

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Short essay on dualism, idealism, & materialism as concerns Q: What is a table?
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RE: Short essay on dualism, idealism, & materialism as concerns Q: What is a table?
February 25, 2017 at 8:56 pm (This post was last modified: February 25, 2017 at 8:57 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(February 25, 2017 at 11:31 am)Mathilda Wrote: Not going to read the OP I'm afraid, too long and full of philosophical musings. But for me something is a table if it performs the function of a table. That is, it's stable, you can put stuff on top and sit down by the side with your legs underneath it.

Do you really need to add anything more than that?

And in walks Final Cause...

...no matter, never mind. :-)
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RE: Short essay on dualism, idealism, & materialism as concerns Q: What is a table? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 25, 2017 at 8:56 pm

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