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Re: BHA: negativity wins



Hi Ruth

>I'm not actually sure about that "powerful
>particular" phrase.  I confess that I began using it recently because so
>many others were.  I figured that I had just not caught it.  Can someone
>else give a citation for it?  In the meantime, I'll look.

This is a pity, because the concept 'powerful particular' has been
central to your OM arguments and outlook. It seems to presuppose what
you need to show, that the world is ultimately atomistic, that 'entity
*relationism*' is mistaken.

Mervyn



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