Re: [ontolog-forum] Ontology similarity and accurate communication

[Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx>]

At 12:09 AM +0000 3/15/08, <matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Dear Pat,
> > That is just one example, and much more work is needed to
> > develop
> > the software into a tool that connects smoothly to various kinds
> > > of DBs and KBs.  But it illustrates
> > > the point that two accurate
> > > descriptions of the same object or situation should be compatible
> > > and it should be possible to find a mapping between
> > > them.
> >
> > With the greatest respect for the work described, it
> > really does not illustrate that point. What it illustrates is that
> > there are important cases where mappings exist between descriptions.
> > But that is a much more modest claim that yours here, which is that if
> > they both describe the same object or situation then there must
> > be a mapping between them: in other words, that truly incompatible
> > descriptions of a single reality are impossible. That is much closer
> > to Pat Cassidy's position, and I don't think its likely to be true.
> > (One might argue that its a better strategy to assume its true and
> > fail, than to assume its false and never try, however :-) 
> MW: I seem to recall that Barwise et al had put
> together a pretty good argument in his Information Flow book for
> pretty much just this. Did I misread this, or do you find some fault
> with his argument (in which case details please)?

No, Im simply unaware of it. I need to go back and read that book, I guess.

Pat

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