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Re: [ontolog-forum] FW: Lattice of theories

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From: Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:48:51 -0600
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On Jan 16, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Len Yabloko wrote:    (01)

> Pat,
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>> However, I would prefer that we reserve the word
>> "ontology" for the axioms (or whatever we call the things in the
>> various boxes), not for this more amorphous notion of "axioms plus
>> grounding", as I have absolutely no idea how to make sense, with this
>> latter interpretation, of the phrase "ontology engineering" :-)
>>
>> PatH
>
> Don't you think this is bit like not including foundation in  
> building engineering or not including geology in bridge engineering.  
> What would be the point of such ontology engineering?    (02)

Well, this *is* what the field called 'ontology engineering' actually  
means by the term "ontology". When bridge engineers use the term  
"bridge", do they mean to include the geology of the ground supporting  
a bridge to be part of the actual bridge? Or does bridge engineering  
distinguish the artifact (the bridge) from the ground it rests on? I  
think the latter, in fact: and that is all I am suggesting here for  
ontology engineering. It was only a terminological point. I know how  
to engineer axioms, bearing various groundings in mind (of course). I  
have no idea how to engineer groundings, or even what that could mean.    (03)

Pat    (04)


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