10/46 Namely, in a sense an object is the character of the event which is its situation, but it only influences the character of other events. Accordingly the relations of situation and influencing are not generally the same sort of relation, and should not be subsumed under the same term 'ingression.' I believe that this notion is a mistake, and that it is impossible to draw a clear distinction between the two relations. He pronounced it perfectly sound, and cured you by stopping another tooth. Which tooth was the situation of the toothache? The situation of the imaginary hand is in fact merely thin air. |