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Roger L. Costello scripsit: > 2. Is kilometer a function? e.g., kilometer(Yangtze) --> 6300 > In general: kilometer(physical object) --> number > "The kilometer function maps a physical object to a number." I think this view is the most nearly correct, but it needs amplification: it doesn't capture that it's the *length* (rather than, say, the average depth) of the Yangzi that is 6300 km. So we can rewrite it in terms of relations as follows: Yangzi length X X kilometer 6300 where "kilometer" is a relation that maps a length (an abstract property of a physical object) into a pure number. -- Where the wombat has walked, John Cowan <jcowan@r...> it will inevitably walk again. http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
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