What does tableness mean?
Tableness means (philosophy) The quality of being a table..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(philosophy) The quality of being a table..
When Plato spoke of tableness and cupness, Diogenes the Cynic said: 'I see a table and a cup, to be sure, but not tableness and cupness.' 'Right,' answered Plato; 'for you have eyes wherewith to see the table and the cup, but mind, by which one sees tableness and cupness, you have not (νου̑ν οὐκ ἔχεις).'
[…] implies a philosophical distinction between bookness and tableness. There is no more requirement to show why an experience cannot be a brain-state than there is to show why a book cannot be a table.
The exceedingly dry joke is that it is not a small table but a small amount of what might be called tableness.
Use tableness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tableness means (philosophy) The quality of being a table..
Common synonyms include tableity.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When Plato spoke of tableness and cupness, Diogenes the Cynic said: 'I see a table and a cup, to be sure, but not tableness and cupness.' 'Right,' answered Plato; 'for you have eyes wherewith to see the table and the cup, but mind, by which one sees tableness and cupness, you have not (νου̑ν οὐκ ἔχεις).'
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