SUO: Cartesian Ego, God's Eye View, Unbiased Medea, Universal Time, & Other Fairy Tales
Pat Hayes wrote:
>
> [Bernard Vatant wrote:]
> >
> > 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.
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Bernard,
Regula Numero Uno for the Cartesian Ego:
| Cogito non biasso,
| Ergo non biassume.
Cheers,
Jon
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