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Re: SUO: Universal Time, other universals, and cultural context

To: Bill Andersen <andersen@ontologyworks.com>
Subject: Re: SUO: Universal Time, other universals, and cultural context
From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 00:07:41 -0400
Cc: SUO <standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org>
References: <B72860EC.AED%andersen@ontologyworks.com>
Reply-To: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net>
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Bill,

I agree:

> Call me a purist, but no
> logical theory or set of propositions *is* an "ontology".  An Ontology
> (big-O) is an inventory of the things that one takes to exist.  A
> proposition (the kind of thing capable of bearing a truth value) is one of
> those things that one finds in some folks Ontologies.

John Sowa

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