Michele Pasin / Quotes

Rabbit warren

warren |ˈwôrən, ˈwä-| noun (also rabbit warren) a network of interconnecting rabbit burrows. • a densely populated or labyrinthine building or district: a warren of narrow gas-lit streets. • Brit. historical an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, esp. rabbits. ORIGIN late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French variant of Old French garenne ‘game park,’ of Gaulish origin.

Saved 26 February 2013

#nouns

Are person and self sortal concepts?

The false assumption can be put in another way. Concepts such as ‘person’ and ‘self’ are taken to be either ‘sortals’ or useless. A sortal concept is one…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #concept #personal-identity #nouns #logic