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Ideas for Eurytus, William D. Hart and Michel de Montaigne

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

13488	Mass words do not have plurals, or numerical adjectives, or use 'fewer' [Hart,WD]
	Full Idea: Jespersen calls a noun a mass word when it has no plural, does not take numerical adjectives, and does not take 'fewer'.
	From: William D. Hart (The Evolution of Logic [2010], 3)
	A reaction: Jespersen was a great linguistics expert.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

6262	We lack some sense or other, and hence objects may have hidden features [Montaigne]
	Full Idea: We may all lack some sense or other; because of that defect, most of the features of objects may be concealed from us.
	From: Michel de Montaigne (Apology for Raymond Sebond [1580], p.0666)
	A reaction: This strikes me as simple, straightforward common sense, and right. I cannot make sense of the claim that reality really is just the way it appears. We do not have a built-in neutrino detector, for example.