Bhartrhari's Paradox

1 points | by leephillips an hour ago

2 comments

  • goodmythical 42 minutes ago

    Are there actually things that cannot be named?

    Any such thing could easily be assigned some such "Phenomenon 8x306Q".

    If any two people agree to call it that and use that to succesfully discuss the thing, then that is a name for the thing.

    Otherwise nothing can be named. Is the cat in your house really a cat, or is it a Felis catus? How can we be certain that it's not a gato or a кот? If the cat in your house is indeed a кот, gato, Felis catus, and cat, then Phenomenon 8x306Q can certainly be Penomenon 8x306Q as much as it is "familial bonds strained by misdeeds" or whatever the things we're naming is.

      nofriend 36 minutes ago

      The proof is simple: there are countably many names, but uncountably many real numbers. Hence, some real numbers must be unnameable.