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bwfan123today at 2:59 PM1 replyview on HN

> Isn't this just a proof that there are many unnamed things, but no unnameable ones?

Where is it a proof that there are many unnamed things ? I could only see it as an argument that there are no "unnameable" things.


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curtisblainetoday at 5:14 PM

It depends how you define "named", but for example, not all the grain of sands you see on a beach are named (yes, they are named collectively, but not individually. If "collectively" is valid, then that's further proof that "unnameable" things can't exist, because they already have a collective name).