Ferenc wrote: (01)
> ...
> All relations are in fact inclusive of space and there are no relations
> exclusive of space. (02)
Conceptual entities are often ontologized -- conceptual works, accounts,
obligations, etc. I would not model these with a spatial extent or
location. Relations among such conceptual entitites would seem to me to
be exclusive of space. (03)
> If something is defined as being outside space and
> time, then it cannot be described in terms of finite objects existing in
> space and time. (04)
I would consider integers and fractions as being outside of space and time,
yet well described in terms of finite objects existing in space and time. (05)
> And if something in space has no extension (finite
> dimensions) then it cannot be located, therefore it is not included in
> space and time either. But the relations used in our definitons are
> usually originated in our spacetime concepts. (06)
The relations often originate in spacetime concepts -- but relations also
exist among aspatial concepts: two conceptual works having the same author,
for example. (07)
> ...
> Ferenc (08)
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