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Language and Experience, with Isabela Granic

Clerestory (Bryan Kam)

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The Problem of Universals

In a room filled with books, any one of these can substitute into this category. Each of them is a unique object and unique in the sense that maybe it's a very common book. But you see what I mean? Even if someone had the same black one, this one has a sticker on it. We can agree that it's not the same object, at least.

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