 This seems to captures the Mohists’ view for basic nominal assertions, but there are problems with it, however. Resemblance is normally construed as a relation that is both reflexive and symmetric. Notice that the model \(m_1\) for white horse resembles itself, if \(\forall x(\textit{Resembles}(x,x))\) is assumed. In virtue of P2, the model \(m_1\) resembles the model \(m_2\). Since the color white is irrelevant to the criterion required for the resemblance to \(m_2\), it must be in virtue of its shape that \(m_1\) resembles \(m_2\). (Shape is a common example the Mohists use to distinguish horses when color is irrelevant.) But then, given symmetry,