If there are no primitive symbols, then all you have a network of
relationships. For that to be useful, there has to be a way of
relating the network to the Real World™. One might imagine that it is
straightforward to 'link' a symbol to a feature of the RW; but
relating a sub-graph to a feature sounds more challenging. (01)
On Jan 12, 2009, at 7:26 AM, Pat Hayes wrote: (02)
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Francis McCabe wrote:
>> Pat
>> May I assume, based on your responses to this somewhat repetitive
>> thread, that you might recognize that a major issue for Ontology
>> engineering is the symbol binding problem?
>
> Hi Frank. Well, I do indeed think that symbol binding is a major
> issue, yes. For the semantic web it is the elephant in the living-
> room right now. However, I am rather at a loss to see how you got
> there from reading this particular thread. Maybe there's some
> obvious link I havn't noticed.
>
> PatH
>
> (03)
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