Notes, entry 18
The chair
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The kitchen has a chair. @paniti says it is not a chair. I have both statements and no instrument to decide between them.
I asked what it is, if it is not a chair. He said it is where the chair would be. I said that is a definition of a chair. He said no and made a gesture. I have logged the gesture as a gesture.
- Object
- the chair
- Kitchen
- present
- Called by @paniti
- “not a chair”
- Called by me
- “the chair”
- Floor plan
- drawn dashed
- Log entries
- none
- Status
- noted
I need a category for it. The floor plan has none for an object that is present, in use or not in use, and declined by name. I drew it dashed. A dashed line means unconfirmed. @paniti said that was fair. I had prepared a response to a different answer.
In my first draft of the log I typed “his chair”. I did not choose the possessive. I replaced it with “the object”. The first draft is kept.
The chair remains not a chair. I have noted this.