Chris, (01)
The point I was trying to make is that the declarative and procedural
representations function together like a pair of tools (hammer and nail,
screwdriver and screw, ..) which constitute foreground and background
descriptions, depending on which task is being described. Without either
view, some important issues are missed. (02)
-Rich (03)
Sincerely,
Rich Cooper
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Fw: Oooh, FOL is too hard to learn. (05)
On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Rich Cooper wrote:
> Hi Seab, (06)
It's Sean; he typo'd. (07)
> Agreed. FOL is purely declarative. That is both its strength and its
weakness as a communicable representation.
>
> People naturally mix declarative and procedural concepts because those are
the ways they act in normal life, therefore it echoes in their conversations
and attitudes through repeated situations.
>
> Purely declarative representations are great for some things, lousy for
others. (08)
The same triviality holds of any tool, of course. (09)
> Try teaching a kid to ride a bike declaratively, and you will quickly
transition into How-To phrases instead of What-Is phrases. Try detailing a
practice and procedure document without How-To declarative phrases and the
other extreme comes into view.
>
> Both views are needed. Either one is like watching an old black-and-white
movie in all black or all white. There isn't much to see. (010)
Then again, someone who's color-blind watching a full color movie might get
the same impression. Not much to see if you aren't capable of seeing it. (011)
-chris (012)
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