Alternatively, one could treat the taxonomy not as a model, (these terms
'are an image of' reality) but as a system of differentia (these
criteria map reality into this set of terms). The question is then not
whether one system was more truthlike than another, but whether the
differentia are adequate for our purposes. (01)
This is not to say that a model and set of differentia are mutually
exclusive - 'ideally' they should give the same system - but using one
does not require that one construct the other. (02)
A consequential question - are ontologies (in the computing sense)
defined only by models, or can they be defined by differentia, and what
would this mean for interoperability? (03)
Sean Barker
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> Gary Berg-Cross schrieb:
> > Now, if I had relied on earlier biological understanding I
> would have
> > a different taxonomy of life, kingdoms etc. No
> superkingdoms at all.
> >
> > Did this earlier view reflect biological reality? Which of the
> > alternatives discussed above reflects reality now?
> >
>
> I would say that the earlier view had quite a high degree of
> truthlikeness, and that the more recent view probably has a somewhat
> higher degree of truthlikeness. (I hope have you read at
> least part of a
> discussion on the notion of 'truthlikeness' that took place
> some months
> ago in this forum.)
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> Ingvar
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