Traits and/or states

[Thomas Lammers]

At 11:34 AM 10/30/03 -0800, Kirk Fitzhugh wrote:
>Assuming you are a realist, a flower does exist as an observer-independent
>object. But the statement, "I see a flower with red petals," is a
>theory-laden construct intended to convert one's sense perceptions into a
>familiar conceptual framework about what exists around us.

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Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
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