Re: SUO: Universal Time, other universals, and cultural context
>I don't think I agree with much of this at all. 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.
>
>An "ontology" (small-O) is the term commonly misused to name the latter
>concept. It may have a logical expression, in which case the name is OK,
>but this needs to be kept separate.
>
> ..bill
>
>P.S. I'm donning my nomex suit in preparation for being flamed by Pat.
>
>--
>Bill Andersen
>Chief Scientist, Ontology Works
Well now, Bill, that is a big "O" . So do you make your living from
inventories of things that exist, or from something involving logical
theories?
Pat
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