>...
>
>(d) Philsophical ontologies such as those of Plato and Aristotle can,
>just as little as Newtonian mechanics, be defined as "a vocabulary
>together with a specification of the meanings of the terms in the
>vocabulary; the specification should be definable with a model theory
>and a machine interpretable syntax."
>
>...
>(f) It is no more odd that the term 'ontology' can take on many
>different meanings than that more ordinary terms can do so. (01)
True, no doubt; but THIS FORUM is centrally
concerned with "ontology" in one, rather
technical, sense: the one quoted in your (d)
above; which, as Chris M has pointed out, is a
definition which THIS FORUM has formally adopted
as its working definition. If this excludes what
you call "philosophical ontologies", and if you
are chiefly interested in those, then by all
means pursue your interest, but please do not try
to divert THIS FORUM from its stated and main
goals, or add to the noise level in the email
discussions. Thank you. (02)
Pat Hayes (03)
>
>Best ontological wishes,
>Ingvar J
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