Re: Mr. Bird has 2 wings (was: essentials of a gadri system)

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, John Cowan wrote:

> Jorge Llamb��)B�as scripsit:
>
> > Mr. Bird is indeed sometimes a parrot, sometimes an eagle, sometimes...
>
> Well, it's true that if I have seen a parrot (say, Paulie), I have seen
> Mr. Bird. But it does not follow that if I have seen Thorondor (and
> a fortiori Mr. Bird), I have seen an entity that is sometimes a parrot.
> Thorondor is always an eagle.
>
> Similarly, some birds are carnivorous, including Thorondor, but Mr. Bird
> is not carnivorous. If he were, then it would be fair to say that when
> I have seen Paulie, I have seen Mr. Carnivore: but I have not.


Mr. Bird is carnivorous when he shows up in the guise of Thorondor, but
not when you see him as Paulie. He's a tricky fellow but we're on to him,
and we now know all this "multiple bird" business is a clever illusion to
conceal the fact there is only Mr. Bird.


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