| To: | "'[ontolog-forum] '" <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Pat Hayes'" <phayes@xxxxxxx> |
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| From: | "Rich Cooper" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | 2012年3月30日 19:31:12 -0700 |
| Message-id: | <90A1714DC14946BCA8DC0527E9055AC4@Gateway > |
Sincerely,
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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John F. Sowa wrote
On 3/30/2012 1:45 PM, Pat Hayes wrote:
> OWL has limited expressivity but it is not limited as
> to its subject matter.
Yes. I admit that it is possible to reify relations and map an N-adic relation to a node that has N connections to other stuff.
But notations do have an effect on how people think about a subject. It helps to have notations that have a smooth mapping to the ways that people think and talk about a subject.
John
I agree, but respectfully point out that different people think and talk different ways. IMHO, the best general notation is conversational English. Modus Ponens.
-Rich
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