Could someone sum up where this thread is going? Or is it just a
philosophical stroll in the park (or Platonic cave, I'm not sure
what...)? Frankly, apart from a partially illuminating Philosophy 101,
has anything actually been said that advances the cause of ontological
research and practice? If so, someone care to draw some conclusions? (01)
Respectfully, (02)
Peter (03)
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Two (04)
On Jun 21, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Pat Hayes wrote: (05)
> And if you subscribe to for example public-semweb-lifesci@xxxxxx
> (or look in the recent archives) you will see hard-nosed, busy,
> practical men who are trying to build systems of direct social and
> scientific importance, having interminable debates about whether
> or not a computational process has to be distinguished from a
> physical process because one is a continuant but the other is an
> occurrent. All of which is a tragic waste of time and energy. (06)
a) I think this subject came up at the beginning of the month or so,
at worst, a portion of discussion during a period of 3 weeks has been
tragically wasted. Also, as you point out on occasion, these
discussions are finite, and so the debates are certainly not
interminable :)
b) Being one of those people, I don't happen to think that the
discussion is a waste of time. There is a lot of (well meaning but)
sloppy thinking that happens on that list, and the discussions on
computation processes are, at a minimum, educational. They seem, to
my experience, the normal sort of discussion a group of people have
as they move towards a common understanding. (07)
Hard nosed, busily, practically, yours, (08)
Alan (09)
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