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37 I n fact, i t is p r e c i s e l y because t h i n g s are w h a t t h e y are o n l y relative to each i n d i v i d u a l t h a t assertions such as ' t h i s x is y for m e ' are i n h e r e n t l y false: as we have seen, ' t h i s ' , ' i s ' , a n d u l t i m a t e l y even ' f o r m e ' i m p l y the i n h e r e n c e o f p r o p e r t i e s a n d hence c a n n o t be used to convey the t r u t h a b o u t the experience o f p e r c e p t i o n on the particular occasion when that experience occurs.
A f u l l e x a m i n a t i o n o f the a r g u m e n t i n 184 B 2-186 E 12, w h i c h has recently been subjected to substantial scholarly debate, falls outside the scope o f this paper. I shall confine m y s e l f to stating its basic o u t l i n e i n order to elucidate its c o n n e c t i o n to the r e f u t a t i o n of the flux t h e o r y . e. those w h i c h ap p l y i n c o m m o n to objects o f d i s t i n c t senses) such as ' i s ' , 'are', ' d i f ferent', ' i d e n t i c a l ' , ' t w o ' , 'one', whose grasp cannot be traced to any 65 M y reading of 184 B 2—186 E 12 agrees in its fundamental points w i t h the i n terpretation given i n H .
I n the l i g h t o f this d i s t i n c t i o n , Socrates asks, w h a t precisely do the flux theorists m e a n b y p o s i t i n g u n i v e r s a l change? A r e they c o m m i t t e d to the idea that e v e r y t h i n g always changes i n b o t h ways, or do they c l a i m that some t h i n g s move i n b o t h these ways w h i l e others i n o n l y one o f them? T h e r e p l y g i v e n o n behalf o f the flux theorists, that e v e r y t h i n g b o t h moves a n d alters, has been a s t i c k i n g p o i n t i n the a t t e m p t to present the ensuing a r g u m e n t as a cogent r e f u t a t i o n o f the flux doc t r i n e .