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Re: SUO: Re: Powers That B




Jon Awbrey wrote:
> Robert E. Kent wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Jon,
> > 
> > I am developing a representation called the
> > Information Flow Framework (IFF) for ontologies
> > and their models using the new-KIF.  More specifically,
> > my chief goal is to formalize the *truth classification*
> > and the *truth concept lattice*.
> 
> Robert,
> 
> ...as for KIF -- well, up to about a month ago I would have considered
> it merely an inconvenient language, one that failed to provide many of
> the conveniences that one would like to have in any reasonable
> calculus, but my experiences with the triadicity business have led me
> toward the conclusion that KIF, in its present modes of application,
> at any rate, constitutes a style of pidgin that is positively
> debilitating to good logical health. 

I hereby declare KIF a resounding success.

Cheers!

-chris

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