RE: SUO: Monolithic ontologies (was ontology as science)
Chris,
Words like here, now, this, that, he, she, it, I, you, etc.,
are indexicals (a term that was coined by C. S. Peirce and
has become the standard terminology in linguistics). They
are context dependent, and they cannot be translated into
conventional notations for logic, which do no support context.
Tenses are also indexicals, since they include implicit
references to one or more context-dependent time points.
>I assume that 'I am here now' in SUMO is translated into 'I am at position
X
>at timepoint Y' as is I was there then' if said a bit later and 'I will be
>there in exactly a minute' if said exactly a minute earlier.
>
>This suggests that a position of unreality of tense is taken - albeit
>without stating this is so (or maybe you can point us to the statement).
>This also seems to me to suggest a 4D bent - at least on this point.
Indexicals have nothing to do with a 3D/4D distinction and
everything to do with context.
John