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Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas  I just have to wonder, if the distinctions we draw are possible (in that they are objective), yet an infinite number of equally accurate possibilities exist for distinction, then are any of them not merely possible, but actual? |
How are possibilities actual?
What diference does it make anyway? We make distinctions about things wecause its usefull to us, the distinctions don't really change the things. Classifications also are only for our service. Changing the classifications could change how we think about things but any way you look at it they are for us to organize related things.
So what if we are all made of atoms, how usefull would it be to call averything "atom"? Distinctions (diferences) and classifications (liknesses) are only determinations that people make. If you want to call a cat a mog because it is like a dog then just do it. When your idea catches on and everyone agrees to call cats mogs then a cat is then a mog. In either case a cat has similarities and diferences from a dog and from averything else in the universe.