Re: [ontolog-forum] Time representation

[Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx>]

At 8:16 PM +0000 1/24/08, Chris Partridge wrote:

> Is the argument here that fruitfulness can ONLY be recognised in
> hindsight?
> Is this an empirical or logical fact?

I'd say it was logical, and follows from the meaning of 'unforseen'.

> ...The interesting question, for me, is
> under what circumstances does
> a more scientific approach, by being more
> fruitful, turn out to be more
> likely to give the customer a system that is more 'fit for purpose'.
> This
> will then help to guide practice.

That seems to beg an important issue by equating 'scientific' with 'more fruitful'. Why would these coincide? After all, the 'old' scientific theories were indeed scientific.

Pat

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