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Re: [ontolog-forum] Thing and Class

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From: Chris Menzel <cmenzel@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:45:35 -0500 (CDT)
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Richard H. McCullough wrote:
> You're trying to apply the terminology of English grammar to mKR, and
> it doesn't fit.    (01)

I'm doing no such thing.  I am simply pointing out that the claims you
are making for mKR don't hold water.  It is uninterpreted syntax with,
at best, a vague, informal natural language semantic gloss.  It does not
meet several minimal conditions that a genuinely usable KR language must
meet.    (02)

> Let me try to give you an intuitive sense of the mKR terminology.    (03)

No, thanks, I'm afraid that's just the problem.  All you've got, beyond
some syntax, are intuitions.    (04)

> Also, you could read Rand's "Intro. to Objectivist Epistemology" for a
> lot more detail.    (05)

I know Rand's views quite well.  I find the connections you draw between
her work and KR, well, tenuous.    (06)

Thanks for the discussion.  Best of luck with mKR.    (07)

-chris    (08)


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