At 01:03 PM 3/16/2007, John F. Sowa wrote:
>Pat,
>
>JFS> For example, the quantifiers of predicate calculus
> > (or any equivalent form, such as Peirce's graphs) are
> > not well suited to dealing with continuous stuff,
> > such as water.
>
>PH> I beg to differ. In a very old paper, whose title I
> > believe may have been the first use of 'ontology' in its
> > modern sense in a refereed publication, I used classical
> > first-order logic to describe liquids in some detail:
> > water in particular.
>
>Yes, I know that paper. I didn't say that it was impossible
>to use the usual quantifiers, but that they are "not well
>suited". As you and others have shown, it is necessary
>to add a lot more machinery, such as measures and careful
>distinctions about how various lumps are subdivided and
>combined. (I cited your paper in my 2000 book.)
>
>Quibble about references: Your paper was published in 1985:
>
> Hayes, Patrick J. (1985) "Naive physics I: Ontology for liquids,"
> in Hobbs & Moore (1985) pp. 71-107.
>
>My book _Conceptual Structures_ appeared in 1983 (with a 1984
>copyright). (01)
I think Pat was referring to uses of 'ontology'
in the sense of this FORUM in the title of a
published work. The earliest use I can find in
the body of some published work is: (02)
Mealy, G. H. 1967 “Another Look at Data,” Proceedings of the Fall Joint
November 14–16, Anaheim, California (AFIPS Conference Proceedings,
Washington, DC: Thompson Books, London: Academic Press, 525–534. (03)
BS (04)
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