RE: ONT Re: Modus Ponens
Dear Jon, Jean,
> JD: Some of the "assumptions" that, to me, seem questionable
> and shared by
> most people involved in ontology projects (alas, not only
> SUO!) are:
>
> JD: 1) There exist ultimately a *perfect* all encompassing
> ontology that allows
> describing everything, and we have to chase for it
> however distant it be.
>
> the problem is not thinking it exists ---
> the problem is not having to chase it - -
> the problem is thinking one's arrived ---
I agree very strongly with this. You can only have arrived after
gaining complete knowledge of the world, which I guess will not
happen within the next century (ever the optimist).
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