SUO: RE: RE: On the relevance of EXPRESS, EPISTLE, etc. to SUO -- RE: RE: RE: Some Procedural Suggestions
Dear Matthew,
> > > > MW: So yes EXIST could make a good starting point for the
> > > SUO. However, I
> > > > find here an assumption that KIF is the starting point, and I have
> > > > considered it unwise for a newcomer like me to challenge this.
> > >
> > > PJ: Hmmm....I think it is generally wise at the outset of a
> > > great endeavor
> > > to question all assumptions...
> >
> > MW: I think I have done (more than) my share of questioning here.
>
> PJ: No doubt, and I intend no criticism of you or anyone, except
> perhaps myself. Perhaps I should have been asking questions and
> challenging assumptions earlier...though I would be perceived
> (somewhat correctly) as even more of a newcomer to the field of
> ontology... I guess my point is that it is never too late to ask
> questions and challenge assumptions...
In rereading, I see that my phrasing "even more of a newcomer" could be
improved -- I did not intend to suggest that you are in any way a newcomer
to ontology -- far from it, you have years of prior work. (Also it is not
clear to me why you used the phrase "newcomer like me".)
The Eternal Newcomer,
Phil
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