Pat Hayes wrote:
> We here refer to ontologies as computational artifacts. We engineer
> them, and invent formalisms to write them in. For us, the ontology/
> itself/ describes things that exist. For Lowe, the ontology is the
> things that are described, not their description. Also for Lowe, there
> is no such thing as a formalization of an ontology (or if there is, it
> is incidental, a mere tool to clarify some point), whereas for us, an
> 'unformalized ontology' is merely a preliminary sketch. For Lowe, the
> notion of 'ontology engineering' would be incoherent, meaningless.
> Also, if anyone doubts that the two fields are different, let them
> just try reading some actual philosophical ontology (see for example
> the article on ontology in the Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy.)
*the* article on ontology??? was it an intended pun? (01)
vQ (02)
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