ONT Re: Query: Situation Theory = Situation Semantics?
Thanks for the IFF link, it does look relevant and interesting. Situation
theory and situation semantics come out of the same movement. I think of
situation semantics as being closer to linguistics and NLP, while situation
theory is somewhat broader, addressing logic, mathematical modeling, and
occasionally even social theory. But even making a clear distinction is
probably splitting hairs.
David
At 05:16 PM 4/2/02 -0500, Jon Awbrey wrote:
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>oops! i just realized that i habitually read "situation semantics" for
>your "situation theory" -- is that what you meant or something different?
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>jon
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>p.s. will trim the cc's a bit due to some requests.
>j.a.
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>DS = David Sallach
>JA = Jon Awbrey
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>JA: I believe that some aspects of situation theory will be covered by the
IFF approach ...
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>DS: I'll look forward to learning more about the IFF approach.
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>See: http://suo.ieee.org/IFF/
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>JA: As far as the general recognition of situated attitudes
> in logic and semiotic goes, C.S. Peirce, of course,
> got there long ago. ...
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>DS: I have enormous respect for Peirce, and agree that his
> relational orientation would have provided a firm foundation
> for the work subsequently done in situation theory. Nonetheless,
> identifying the situation as a first-class seems to me to have been
> an important contribution to the modeling of dynamic social processes.
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