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Re: [ontolog-forum] predicates in RDF

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From: paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:49:57 +0700
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John
thanks
I understand and agree, that somehow the problem may arise from different
usages and conventions however    (01)

in brief    (02)

in a business process sense (as supported by SOA type applications)
a 'verb' is a command of sorts, ie, carries precises functional meaning
and should be identified a such    (03)

pdm    (04)

On Jan 2, 2008 1:40 PM, John F. Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris and Paola,
>
> As I said in an earlier note, terminological clashes are
> inevitable when words from different traditions are mixed.
>
> The Latin word 'praedicatum' was a translation of Aristotle's
> word 'kategoria' (which had been used for an accusation in
> a court of law).  Both words had the sense of some word or
> phrase that is said of something.
>
> CM> the predicate is the word "creator"
>
> PDM> shrieeekkk, what?, surprise, despair, bewilderment, incredulity
>
> The word 'predicate' in symbolic logic is derived from the sense
> of some description or accusation said of something.  But the same
> word has been used in linguistics in the more specialized sense
> of the verb phrase saying something about the subject.
>
> But there is indeed a commonality that was recognized by
> Aristotle and the Scholastics.  Leibniz made the point:
>
>     Praedicatum inesse subjecto verae propositionis.
>
> Or in English,
>
>     The predicate is present in the subject of a true proposition.
>
> For example, in the true sentence
>
>      "Yojo is a black cat"
>
> all the properties implied by 'black cat' are present in Yojo.
>
> Words change their meanings over time, and such clashes happen.
> In Italian, for example, the word 'investimento' means both
> financial investment and traffic accident.  And both of those
> meanings evolved from the original meaning of putting on clothing.
>
> John
>
>
>
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