[Inquiry] Imputed Quality -- Discussion

[Jon Awbrey]

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IQ.  Discussion Note 1

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JC = John Collier

Re: IQ-COM 1.  http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-April/002513.html
In: IQ-COM.    http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-April/thread.html#2513

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JA: Pons Asinorum

    How many legs does a donkey have,
    if a tail is imputed to be a leg?

JC answers:

JC: Four, assuming it hasn't lost any.

JC: Unless, of course, it is only an imputed donkey, in which case I could not say.

CSP: "The agility of the tongue is shown in its
     insisting that the world depends upon it."
     Charles Peirce, CP 8.83 (1891).

John,

Thanks, it's awfully deserted on Patterson Island this time
of year -- the theatre of the absurd seem to be drawing all
the crowds -- I had never imagined that the waters would be
so troubled.

Cheers,

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