Tableness

Quick meaning: Tableness is a noun meaning (philosophy) The quality of being a table.

Meaning

(philosophy) The quality of being a table.

Example Sentences

The exceedingly dry joke is that it is not a small table but a small amount of what might be called tableness.

[…] 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.

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).'

Synonyms for tableness

Depending on context, synonyms include tableity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tablehood, tableity, tabidness, statutableness, thatness, potatoness.

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