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Re: [ontolog-forum] History of the Atomic Hypothesis

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From: Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:23:21 -0500
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At 7:29 PM +0200 7/27/08, Wacek Kusnierczyk wrote:
>Pat Hayes wrote:
>>  At 9:28 AM -0400 7/27/08, John F. Sowa wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>  In summary, this discussion illustrates the point I was tying to make:
>>>  If we use words at a vague level (without detailed definitions and
>>>  axioms), we can reach agreement.  But if we try to pin down the exact
>>>  meanings to the level necessary for writing detailed axioms, we get
>>>  into an endless series of analyses and disputes about different ways
>>>  of doing the analysis.
>>>    
>>
>>  Yes, indeedy :-)
>>
>>  
>
>and discouragingly (?)    (01)

No, I don't think so. The moral is to know when 
to stop analyzing and just write something down 
:-)    (02)

Pat    (03)

>vQ
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