RE: SUO: On the supreme supertype
Chris,
To be correct, I (Philip Jackson, not Patrick Jackson) take responsibility
for the suggestion.
I appreciate the feedback that everyone has provided.
Phil
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> From: owner-standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org
> [mailto:owner-standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Chris Menzel
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:05 PM
> To: standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org; cmenzel@philebus.tamu.edu
> Subject: Re: SUO: On the supreme supertype
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> I wrote:
> > Aldo Gangemi wrote:
>
> oops, sorry, Patrick Jackson wrote this...
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> > >On further thought, I'd like to suggest a different possible
> name for the
> > >supreme supertype, other than "thing" or "entity" which seem to be
> > >traditional...
> > >
> > >Perhaps a better word for the supreme supertype could be
> "referent", meaning
> > >that which can be referenced.
> > >
> > >I'm thinking along the following lines: Whatever cannot be
> referenced cannot
> > >be described and hence cannot be categorized or placed in an
> ontology. Of
> > >that which cannot be referenced, we must be silent...
>
> -chris
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