>----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Hayes" <phayes@xxxxxxx>
>To: "Azamat" <abdoul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: "[ontolog-forum] " <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Terminology Question concerning Web
>Architecture and LinkedData
>
>>> Patrick Durusau wrote: I am sure Azamat will formulate his own response but
>>>I can answer for
>>> myself since I share the opinion that there is no "universal ontology."
>>>
>>>Dear Patrick,
>>>Let me just ensure you that there is a ''universal ontology'', '' global
>>>ontology'', '' master ontology'', or '' standard ontology'', as a
>>>comprehensive consistent world model.
>>
>>Well, I guess Im very pleased to hear it. Where is this universal
>>ontology to be found?
>In your mind it has been been started to develop from 10 months old:
>(Is There a Universal
>Ontology?http://www.indiana.edu/~gasser/L700/newkirk_notes.html) (01)
Hmm. This sounds like what in AI is often called 'formalized common
sense'. I have been trying to construct parts of this, on and off,
for about 30 years now. Others also have done a great deal of work
along these lines, of course. For a rather more impressive attempt at
building it, see the Cyc project. Indeed, the entire idea of
formalized ontologies has its roots in this work. Nevertheless, the
idea that there is a single ontology that we all have growing in our
minds has NOT been given a great deal of support by this now quite
large body of work. On the contrary, in fact: there is a lot of
evidence, some of it quite rigorous, that people differ in their
mental ontologies. Nor is there a great deal of reason to think that
people are internally consistent. (02)
>How large is it?
>As large as your mind might be. But note that universal ontology is
>beyond space and time. (03)
Well, my mind, for one, is certainly NOT beyond space and time. (04)
>What language is it written in?
>Inherently embodied in both universal languages: Natural Language
>and Mathematical Language (05)
Those aren't languages. I meant an answer like, FOL or OWL (or
English or Latin, maybe). (06)
>
>Is it somewhere on the Web?
>Not yet. To be implemented as ever growing open world Ontological
>Intelligent Web. (07)
Again, this sounds like the grand AI problem. Having watched the
rate of progress so far, I don't expect that it will be solved any
time soon. (08)
Pat (09)
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