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Re: SUO: Universal Time, other universals, and cultural contextof SUO.




>My deep conviction - and I hope it's shared by many people in this forum -
>is that any ontology is deeply rooted in a language and
>cultural context, and cannot be easily exported to other contexts.

My deep conviction is exactly the opposite. If the SUO reflects any 
linguistic bias then it will be the less useful for it, which is one 
reason why NL intuitions should be avoided, or at any rate treated 
skeptically.

Pat Hayes

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