On May 2, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: (01)
>> Even underBarry Smith and Pierre Grenon's definition (from
>http://ontology.buffalo.edu/bfo/SQU.pdf)
>> , a universal "is an entity with a spatiotemporal existence which is
>> yet distinct from its extension (the set of its instances) at any
>> given time." (page 1, 2nd paragraph).
>
> They really say that? So NATURAL NUMBER has a spatio-temporal
> existence? (02)
No, NATURAL NUMBER, isn't admitted in to their ontologies. At least
not yet. (03)
(not endorsing that, just pointing out that the inconsistency you
suggest doesn't happen). (04)
-Alan (05)
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