On Jul 26, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Avril Styrman wrote: (01)
> Lainaus "Pat Hayes" <phayes@xxxxxxx>:
>
>>> can you cite any article that talks about contexts in terms of sets with
>different ranks?
>>
>> Not sure what you mean by 'rank' here. Do you mean as in set theory where
>the rank of an ordinal is the ordinal? If so, I don't know how to interpret
>that in context language, but it sounds intriguing.
>
> Yes, I meant the level of granularity of sets by rank. For instance, in KPU
>and ZFU which incorporate ur-elements a,b,c,... the rank of {a} is 1 and the
>rank of {{a}} is 2. In mereology all parts are parts of the same level, but
>while a is member of {a}, it is not member of {{a}}. This way, set theories
>could function as a foundation of granularity and context, at least in
>classifying stuff. Can you cite any articles that discuss this? (02)
No, its a wholly new idea to me. I would encourage you to work on it and see
how far it goes :-) (03)
Pat (04)
>
> Avril
>
> (05)
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