/lit/ - Literature

>>18836823
>You are mistaken anon, in a philosophical sense, the chair has arms
Tell me this isn't a chair with a straight face
>>18836798
I think the deeper aspect of your proposition is "does one's perspective of an object effect its essence?", and I would say the answer to that has to be "no" - a cup still has the essence of a cup, even if it is shown to a tribe on the Sentinel Islands who has never seen such a complex instrument, and only drink from the river. They might emphasize aspects of other essences in which it partakes, like "treasure", but it is only rational to maintain that it is still a cup, even if nobody recognizes it as such. With regards to your example, because the bed and the wall are now linked as one compound object, I don't think it would be incorrect to say it now partakes in the essence of chairness, seeing as this new compound object is a seat with a back.