On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:47 AM, John Sowa wrote:
"Every classification depends on a purpose or point of view.
There are as many different classifications as there are
purposes -- i.e., infinite."
..."All things, states, processes, relations as well as theoretical
positions are relative to the ways of constructing reality. No unique way of
carving reality at its joints. Different systems of classifications are
equally true and legitimate. No classifications of reality correspond to
natural kinds in the world, etc."
They call it "promiscuous realism" :). Still it's better than
"conventionalism, or constructivism".
Azamat
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From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Ontology of Rough Sets (01)
> On 1/17/2011 2:23 PM, AzamatAbdoullaev wrote:
>> The issue of issues is how to classify the universe (world) of things.
>> Or, which equivalence relation is most fundamental, and which equivalent
>> classes constitute the fundamental set of ontological classes, mutually
>> exclusive and collectively exhaustive.
>
> The answers to those questions are simple:
>
> Every classification depends on a purpose or point of view.
> There are as many different classifications as there are
> purposes -- i.e., infinite.
>
> Some may be more fundamental than others (i.e., more useful
> for a broader range of purposes), but there is no such thing
> as a "most" fundamental one.
>
> John
>
>
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