After posting this, I am not happy I accurately conveyed what I wanted to
say. (01)
/d (02)
On 1/2/08 10:13 AM, "Duane Nickull" <dnickull@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: (03)
> I'm going to take a crack at this too..
>
>
> On 12/31/07 6:42 PM, "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yes. That is why I use the word 'context' in a very precise
>> way: a context is a box (or other enclosure) that delimits
>> some statement or conjunction of statements that make some
>> assertion about the many different kinds of things that people
>> have called contexts.
>
> Context is a set of zero or more qualifiers that affect various aspects of
> the semantics of a given statement. Different context qualifiers can impact
> one or more aspects of the semantics of such statements including
> representation terms and concepts.
>
> Example:
>
> A glass of water
>
>
> Context one:
>
> Glass of water is sitting on your kitchen table. To the average Western
> observer, it is quite in it's place in this context and is not raised in
> one's internal tuple stores.
>
> Concept: water, two molecules of hydrogen bound to one of oxygen in a glass
> container.
> Dangerous: possibly
> State: liquid
> Use: quenching thirst
> Mass: about 200 grams
>
> Context two:
>
> You are driving down the road in sub zero weather and the same glass of
> water is in the middle of the road. Since it represents a hazard for your
> vehicle, you raise it to the highest layers of consciousness in your
> internal tuple stores and give it active attention.
>
> Concept: same as above
> Dangerous: yes
> state: solid
> Mass: at 100 kph, possibly as high as 4 kg.
>
> I am not sure if this really conveys what my meaning of context is however
> it might be something to aggregate to the holding pen of a context
> definition.
>
> Duane
> (04)
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